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History · Levant Township

30% of Levant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Levant 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 Levant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Levant Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Levant Township.

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The township was supposedly named after a former settlement in Ontario, Canada, itself named for the region in the Middle East.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Levant Township on the map, 1926 to 1985

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

Levant Township on the 1926 USGS mapLevant Township on the 1972 USGS mapLevant Township on the 1985 USGS map1926Ardoch sheet · 1:62,500

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Turtle River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakeville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnstown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArdoch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.