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History · Bucyrus Township

2 of Bucyrus Township’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Monnett Memorial M. E. Chapel and the Harvey One-Room School. Most of Bucyrus Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 8 old photos and papers, maps from 1906 on, and the census since 1830.

2on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
8old photos & papers
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From Bucyrus Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Bucyrus Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1973. Watch Bucyrus Township change.
★ What stands out · On the map

Bucyrus Township on the map, 1906 to 1973

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

Bucyrus Township on the 1906 USGS mapBucyrus Township on the 1960 USGS mapBucyrus Township on the 1973 USGS map1906Sycamore 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 Bucyrus Township.

The story

How Bucyrus Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bucyrus Township.

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The origin of the name Bucyrus is not certain. It was given by James Kilbourne, who laid out the town in 1821. One theory is that the name Bucyrus is derived from "beautiful" coupled with the name of Cyrus the Great, founder of the First Persian Empire. An alternate theory is that the city was named after Busiris, a city of ancient Egypt.

The Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company, a predecessor to Bucyrus International, Inc. was founded in Bucyrus in 1880. The company moved to Wisconsin in 1893.

Bucyrus was once home to the Dostal Brothers Brewery. Founded in 1902, the brewery was run by John M. and George A. Dostal.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Bucyrus Township, 1889 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889In the archivePrayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of the crusade, 1889)
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901In the archiveBoat Landing, Seccaium Park
  5. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1923In the archiveHigh School
By decade

Bucyrus Township, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s–1900s7 items
Prayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of the crusade, 1889)1889Prayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of the crusade, 188…Boat Landing, Seccaium Park1901Boat Landing, Seccaium ParkPostcardBoat Landing, Seccaium Park1901Boat Landing, Seccaium ParkPostcardBoat Landing, Seccaium Park1901Boat Landing, Seccaium ParkPostcardBoat Landing, Seccaium Park1901Boat Landing, Seccaium ParkPostcardExterior of Bucyrus Memorial Library1905Exterior of Bucyrus Memorial LibraryPennsylvania Railroad Bridge over Sandusky River1907Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over Sandusky RiverPostcard
1920s1 item
High School1923High School
1930s–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.
Add from your album
Today4 recent
The 2001 "Liberty Remembers Our Veterans" mural2016The 2001 "Liberty Remembers Our Veterans" muralAutumn soybean-harvesting time in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus2016Autumn soybean-harvesting time in Crawford County, Oh…Autumn soybean-harvesting time in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus2016Autumn soybean-harvesting time in Crawford County, Oh…A portion of downtown Bucyrus, Ohio2016A portion of downtown Bucyrus, Ohio
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.

Prayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of the crusade, 1889)
Retake this viewPrayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of the crusade, 1889), 1889

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Bucyrus Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Monnett Memorial M. E. Chapel
Monnett Memorial M. E. ChapelHarvey One-Room School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

English County Motif1
Monnett Memorial M. E. ChapelEnglish County Motif
Harvey One-Room SchoolBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Bucyrus Township, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,0001850190019502000Peak: 13,496

Between 308 and 13,496 people in every census since 1830.

20 censuses, 1830–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bucyrus Township’s Wikipedia page.

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
Glenville
Gone or out of use
Bunker Hill SchoolschoolSchool Number 5school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bucyrus Township
Monnett ChapelMount ZionStoltz

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Bucyrus Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPrayer scene in Bucyrus (Memories of th…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bucyrus10 historic placesADallas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhetstone TownshipIts storyBHolmes TownshipIts storyBTod TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Bucyrus Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Bucyrus Township?

Two places: the Monnett Memorial M. E. Chapel (listed 1986) and the Harvey One-Room School (2010).

Memory lane

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 (6), the Library of Congress (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.