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History · Blue Creek Township

37% of Blue Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Blue Creek 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 Blue Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Blue Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19144 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1973. Watch Blue Creek Township change.Old housesHalf of Blue Creek Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blue Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Pleasant Point
1874–1882
Follmer
1882–1896
Tipton
1889–1916
Dague
1892–1905
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DagueFollmerTipton
Gone or out of use
Coil SchoolschoolDague Post Officepost officeFisher SchoolschoolFollmer Post Officepost officeJackson SchoolschoolRarick SchoolschoolRoebuck SchoolschoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 4schoolTipton Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blue Creek Township
ApostolicBlue CreekBlue Creek

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

On the map

Blue Creek Township on the map, 1914 to 1973

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

Blue Creek Township on the 1914 USGS mapBlue Creek Township on the 1944 USGS mapBlue Creek Township on the 1960 USGS mapBlue Creek Township on the 1973 USGS map1914Paulding 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 Blue Creek Township.

The story so far

Blue Creek Township, in brief

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

Blue Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 700 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 781 to 700 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Blue Creek Township, 1874 to 1916

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Pleasant Point post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Pleasant Point post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Follmer post office opens
  5. 1889Post officeThe Tipton post office opens
  6. 1896Post officeThe Follmer post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1916Post officeThe Tipton post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Blue Creek Township

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

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John S. SnookAmerican politician · b. 1862
Kory LichtensteigerAmerican football player · b. 1985
John Randolph SpearsAmerican writer · b. 1850
Walter HintonAmerican aviator · b. 1888
Jane E. HenneyAmerican physician; first woman to be named com… · b. 1947
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Harry L. ConnOhio Jurist · b. 1867
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Benton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLatty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaulding Township3 historic placesnot 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 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.