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History · Beaver Township

26% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Beaver 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Beaver Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Beaver Township on the map, 1909 to 1994

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

Beaver Township on the 1909 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1911 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1961 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1976 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1994 USGS map1909Summerfield 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 Beaver Township.

The story so far

Beaver Township, in brief

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

Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 755 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 767 in 2010, 755 in 2020.

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

By decade

Beaver Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published from actual surveys1876Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published f…Map
Today3 recent
Beaver Township farmstead2017Beaver Township farmsteadBeaver Township I-house2017Beaver Township I-houseMap of Noble County Ohio Highlighting Beaver Township2015Map of Noble County Ohio Highlighting Beaver TownshipMap
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Beaver SchoolschoolDeal SchoolschoolGriggs SchoolschoolHall SchoolschoolJones SchoolschoolRenner SchoolschoolTuckyno SchoolschoolWyscarver Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Township
Beaver BaptistHousePalestineWyscarver

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.

Somerset TownshipIts storyCMillwood TownshipIts storyBWayne Township1 historic placenot 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.