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History · Adams Township

17% of Adams Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Adams 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 Adams Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Adams Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Adams Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Rocky Narrows
1840–1860
Cameron
1860–today
Altitude
1890–1929
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AltitudeCameron
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Adams Township
Asbery ChapelGoudyGroveHartlineLeibligMcIntireMonahanMount Zion MethodistPleasant RidgePontius

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

The story so far

Adams Township, in brief

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

Adams Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 620 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 625 in 2010, 620 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Adams Township, 1840 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Rocky Narrows post office opens
  3. 1860Post officeThe Rocky Narrows post office closes
  4. 1860Post officeThe Cameron post office opens
  5. 1890Post officeThe Altitude post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1929Post officeThe Altitude post office closes
  8. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Adams Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Sunfish Creek bridge on Altitude-Miller Hill Road2016Sunfish Creek bridge on Altitude-Miller Hill RoadAltitude-Miller Hill Road bank barn2016Altitude-Miller Hill Road bank barnMap of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Adams Township2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Adams TownshipMapOHMap-doton-Cameron2007OHMap-doton-Cameron
On the map

Adams Township on the map, 1960 to 1994

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

Adams Township on the 1960 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1972 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1994 USGS map1960Cameron sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Adams Township

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

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John MurthaAmerican politician from the U.S. state of Penn… · b. 1932
William Crittenden MooneyAmerican politician, Ohio · b. 1855
John F. LaceyUnion Army officer · b. 1841
Charles DorrAmerican politician · b. 1852
Joseph W. YostAmerican architect · b. 1847
Mark FunkhouserAmerican mayor · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Center Township6 historic placesASunsbury TownshipIts storyB−Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Adams Township’s history

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.