History · Surrey

Surrey’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Surrey. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Surrey Township () is a civil township of Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,635 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,606 people in 2010, 3,635 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Surrey 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.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Surrey

1 place in Surrey is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Michiganby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1982first listedGeorge and Martha Hitchcock House

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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