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History · Blanchard Township

53% of Blanchard Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Blanchard 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 Blanchard Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Blanchard Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blanchard Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Blanchard Township, in brief

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

Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,130.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,123 in 2010, 1,130 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Blanchard Township, 1895 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Moffitt post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Post officeThe Moffitt post office closes
  5. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Blanchard Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Upstream on Blanchard River from 2352015Upstream on Blanchard River from 235Map of Hancock County Ohio Highlighting Blanchard Township2015Map of Hancock County Ohio Highlighting Blanchard Tow…Map
On the map

Blanchard Township on the map, 1960 to 1986

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

Blanchard Township on the 1960 USGS mapBlanchard Township on the 1973 USGS mapBlanchard Township on the 1986 USGS map1960Mc Comb 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 Blanchard Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blanchard Township

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

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Gavin CreelAmerican actor and singer · b. 1976
Mark MetcalfAmerican actor · b. 1946
Mike OxleyAmerican politician and attorney · b. 1944
Rowland V. LeeFilm director · b. 1891
Howard Taylor RickettsAmerican pathologist · b. 1871
Bob LattaAmerican politician · b. 1956
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Moffitt, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
LewisvilleMoffitt
Gone or out of use
Benton Ridge StationlocaleMoffitt Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blanchard Township
Benton RidgeDukesKnepperSchwartz

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Liberty Township1 historic placeC+Union TownshipIts storyB+Pleasant TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Blanchard Township’s history

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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 (2), 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.