Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Bowling Green Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Bowling Green Township

54% of Bowling Green Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Bowling Green Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Bowling Green 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.Old housesHalf of Bowling Green Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1973. Watch Bowling Green Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Bowling Green Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewFloral Hall, City Park, Conneaut Avenue: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Bowling Green Township, in brief

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

Bowling Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 603 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 650 to 603 (-7%).

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

On the map

Bowling Green Township on the map, 1915 to 1973

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

Bowling Green Township on the 1915 USGS mapBowling Green Township on the 1961 USGS mapBowling Green Township on the 1973 USGS map1915La Rue 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 Bowling Green Township.

By decade

Bowling Green Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Floral Hall, City Park, Conneaut AvenueDate?Floral Hall, City Park, Conneaut Avenue
Today3 recent
Map of Marion County Ohio Highlighting Bowling Green Township2015Map of Marion County Ohio Highlighting Bowling Green …MapBowling Green Township School2009Bowling Green Township SchoolBowling Green Marion2006Bowling Green Marion
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.

Floral Hall, City Park, Conneaut Avenue
Retake this viewFloral Hall, City Park, Conneaut Avenue

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Bowling Green Township

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

See all →
W
Wallace Clement SabineAmerican physicist · b. 1868
Bob ShawAmerican and Canadian football player, coach, a… · b. 1921
Paul M. HerbertAmerican politician · b. 1889
Robert H. MarriottAmerican engineer · b. 1879
C
Chim LingrelAmerican football player · b. 1899
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
HolmesvilleWinnemac
Gone or out of use
Allen SchoolschoolBeckley SchoolschoolHarrisburg SchoolschoolJones SchoolschoolLenox SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolWindfall Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bowling Green Township
BonnerFairviewGuthery

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.

Montgomery TownshipIts storyB+La RueIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Island TownshipIts storyB−Green Camp TownshipIts storyB−Hale Township1 historic placeA−Dudley TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Bowling Green Township’s history

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 (3), the Library of Congress (1), 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.