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History · Bedford Township

Half of Bedford Township’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Bedford Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1913 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Bedford Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Bedford 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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bedford Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19133 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1982. Watch Bedford Township change.
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Start Bedford Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewA.B. & C. bridge disaster: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

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

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

West Bedford
1819–1955
Tunnel Hill
1873–1955
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tunnel HillWest Bedford
Gone or out of use
Brush College SchoolschoolDonley SchoolschoolMcCurty SchoolschoolTunnel Hill Post Officepost officeWest Bedford Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bedford Township
Union Methodist EpiscopalWest BedfordWest Bedford Number 2

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

On the map

Bedford Township on the map, 1913 to 1982

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

Bedford Township on the 1913 USGS mapBedford Township on the 1962 USGS mapBedford Township on the 1982 USGS map1913Brinkhaven 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 Bedford Township.

The story so far

Bedford Township, in brief

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

Bedford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 604.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 564 to 604 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Bedford Township, 1819 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe West Bedford post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Tunnel Hill post office opens
  4. 1896In the archiveA.B. & C. bridge disaster
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1955Post officeThe West Bedford post office closes
  8. 1955Post officeThe Tunnel Hill post office closes
By decade

Bedford Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
A.B. & C. bridge disaster1896A.B. & C. bridge disaster
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
Noland Railroad Tunnel2017Noland Railroad TunnelBedford Township hay field2016Bedford Township hay fieldMap of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Bedford Township2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Bedford Tow…MapOHMap-doton-Tunnel Hill2007OHMap-doton-Tunnel Hill
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

A.B. & C. bridge disaster
Retake this viewA.B. & C. bridge disaster, 1896

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bedford Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jefferson Township2 historic placesAWashington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Bedford Township’s history

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

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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), the Library of Congress (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.