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History · Ohio Township

Half of Ohio Township’s homes were built after 1994

Most of Ohio Township was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994.

0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ohio Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ohio Township, and 8 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ohio Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fredonia
1819–1965
Beechwood
1875–1963
Cape Sandy
1877–1965
Riddle
1892–1951
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Artist PointBeechwoodCape SandyFredoniaJerichoRiddleSchooler Point LandingSwitzer Crossroads
Gone or out of use
Cape Sandy Quarry Number 1mine
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ohio Township
EastFredoniaRiddleWiseman

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohio Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Ohio Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ohio Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ohio Township is one of nine townships in Crawford County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 653 and it contained 329 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 742 to 653 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Ohio Township, 1819 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Fredonia post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Beechwood post office opens
  4. 1877Post officeThe Cape Sandy post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1963Post officeThe Beechwood post office closes
  7. 1965Post officeThe Fredonia post office closes
  8. 1965Post officeThe Cape Sandy post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Ohio Township

Nobody well known was born in Ohio Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Frederick TermanAmerican electronic engineer · b. 1900
William E. JennerAmerican politician · b. 1908
Clarence Self RidleyAmerican politician · b. 1883
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Gerald Andrew GettelfingerCatholic bishop · b. 1935
William T. ZenorIndianan politician · b. 1846
William Theopilus JonesAmerican politician · b. 1842
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Boone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJennings TownshipIts storyC+Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAltonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSterling TownshipIts storyC+

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.