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History · Ohio Township

62% of Ohio Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Martin Cemetery. Below: maps from 1892 on.

1on the National Register
62%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.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Ohio Township change.Old housesHalf of Ohio Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohio Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Ohio Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ohio Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ohio Township on the 1892 USGS mapOhio Township on the 1972 USGS mapOhio Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Pratt sheet · 1:125,000

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.

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.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 380 in 2010, 377 in 2020.

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 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
2015
Martin Cemetery
Martin Cemetery, built 1914
Sites
Martin CemeteryBuilt 1914

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Rattlesnake Southeast Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Ohio Township
Martin

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.

Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStafford Township5 historic placesA−St. John Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose Valley 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 Martin Cemetery (listed 2015).

Memory lane

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 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.