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History · Murdock Township

Murdock Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Murdock Township began

When was Murdock Township founded?

1872

The Murdock Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Murdock (1872), Palmyra (1876) and Edgcomb (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 459154 years
Founding year: the first Murdock Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Murdock Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Murdock Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Murdock Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Murdock Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Murdock
1872–1902
Palmyra
1876–1900
Edgcomb
1880–1882
Edgecomb
1882–1888
18701950today
Gone or out of use
EdgcomblocaleGoldengate SchoolschoolPotwin Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Murdock Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Murdock Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Murdock Township.

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Murdock Township was named for Thomas Benton Murdock, a native of Virginia who settled in Butler County.

Anthony G. Davis is reported to be the first settler in Murdock Township, arriving in 1857.

Murdock Township was organized in March 1873 and voting occurred in April 1873.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Murdock Township, 1872 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Murdock post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Palmyra post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Edgcomb post office opens
  5. 1882Post officeThe Edgcomb post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Palmyra post office closes
  8. 1902Post officeThe Murdock post office closes
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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fairview Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton TownshipIts storyC−Milton TownshipIts storyB+Lincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Murdock Township’s history

What year was Murdock Township founded?

The Murdock Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.