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History · Ohio Township

31% of Ohio Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Thornburg Barn. Below: maps from 1985 on.

1on the National Register
31%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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ohio Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ohio Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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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 a township in Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 165.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 252 to 165 (-35%).

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

Timeline

Ohio Township, 1879 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Forrester post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Forrester post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Arnold post office opens
  6. 1985On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Ohio Township on the map in 1985

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ohio Township.

Ohio Township on the 1985 USGS map1985Healy sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ohio Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ohio Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Thornburg Barn
Thornburg Barn
Buildings
Thornburg BarnBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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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Ruth RileyAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
Ricky Lee NeelyKorean-American model and actor · b. 1981
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Don HinemanAmerican politician · b. 1947
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Elon HogsettMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1903
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Gilmore KinneyAmerican college basketball player · b. 1886
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Linda GallagherAmerican politician · b. 1957
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Forrester, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Forrester
1879–1894
Arnold
1902–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Arnold
Gone or out of use
Arnold Southwest Oil FieldoilfieldDumler Oil FieldoilfieldForresterlocaleLanesslocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ohio Township
AmishArnoldPrairie ChapelUtica

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

White Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForrester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCollyer Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNevada Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLarrabee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ohio Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Ohio Township?

One place: the Thornburg Barn (listed 2009).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.