A history of Superior,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Superior from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSuperior Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,832 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 13,058 to 14,832 (+14%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Superior yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Superior’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBoating off Presque Isle, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Superior, decade by decade
![Pulpit Rock, Presque Isle [Park], Lake Superior](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/24765/47ef5cb4d143fb725e15-s.jpg)
![Arch Rock, Presque Isle [Park], Lake Superior](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/24765/8f92ccc4194ed88636d4-s.jpg)
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Boating off Presque Isle (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.