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History · Cadiz Township

Cadiz Township dates to 1803, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 1820.

1803founded
2on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Cadiz Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Cadiz Township began

When was Cadiz Township founded?

1803

Cadiz Township dates its founding to 1803 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1820.

First census: 537 in 18202020 census: 3,387223 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1812.The full story ↓

What stands out about Cadiz Township’s past

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

Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cadiz Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1994. Watch Cadiz Township change.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers, 1905–1974.Deep rootsEstablished in 1803: 223 years of Cadiz Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Cassville
1848–1905
Enfield
1884–1907
Moraville
1896–1903
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CassvilleEnfieldMoraville
Gone or out of use
Anderson MinemineB and B MinemineCassville Post Officepost officeEnfield Post Officepost officeKerr MinemineMoraville Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cadiz Township
DickersonHinesInfirmaryLees Run

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

On the map

Cadiz Township on the map, 1902 to 1994

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

Cadiz Township on the 1902 USGS mapCadiz Township on the 1961 USGS mapCadiz Township on the 1978 USGS mapCadiz Township on the 1994 USGS map1902Scio 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 Cadiz Township.

By decade

Cadiz Township, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1930s3 items
Stanton's home in1905Stanton's home inAmanda Wallace Scott (The Grizzly Bear, 1918)1918Amanda Wallace Scott (The Grizzly Bear, 1918)General Custer Hotel, Cadiz, Ohio (72069)c. 1930General Custer Hotel, Cadiz, Ohio (72069)Postcard
1940s–1960snothing 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
1970s9 items
A Resident of Oak Park, Points to Cracks in Her Walls She Claims Were Caused by Blasting. Recently Her Well Went Dry, a…c. 1972A Resident of Oak Park, Points to Cracks in Her Walls…A COAL SHOVEL BITES INTO A ROLLING HILL OFF ROUTE 91973A COAL SHOVEL BITES INTO A ROLLING HILL OFF ROUTE 9A COAL SHOVEL WORKS INTO A HILLSIDE OFF ROUTE 9, NEAR CADIZ OHIO, AND STEUBENVILLE. THE SEEDED, RECLAIMED LAND IN THE..…1973A COAL SHOVEL WORKS INTO A HILLSIDE OFF ROUTE 9, NEAR…IN ADDITION TO ONCE BEING GOOD FARMLAND, ONCE WAS FAMOUS FOR ITS SHEEP. OFF ROUTE 221973IN ADDITION TO ONCE BEING GOOD FARMLAND, ONCE WAS FAM…THE "SILVER SPADE" COAL SHOVEL OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY DOMINATES THE BARREN LANDSCAPE, OFF ROUTE 91973THE "SILVER SPADE" COAL SHOVEL OWNED BY THE HANNA COA…THE "SILVER SPADE," ONE OF THE LARGER SHOVELS OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY, DOMINATES THE HORIZON AT ROUTE 9, NEAR..…1973THE "SILVER SPADE," ONE OF THE LARGER SHOVELS OWNED B…COAL CAR FLOWER PLANTER IN FRONT OF THE TOWN HALL, IS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTHEASTE…1974COAL CAR FLOWER PLANTER IN FRONT OF THE TOWN HALL, IS…HEAD OF THE GIANT "SILVER SPADE" COAL SHOVEL OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY DWARFS SOME TREES AS THE MACHINE SCOOPS CO…1974HEAD OF THE GIANT "SILVER SPADE" COAL SHOVEL OWNED BY…THE "SILVER SPADE" SHOVEL, OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY AT WORK NEAR1974THE "SILVER SPADE" SHOVEL, OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL CO…
1980s–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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The story

How Cadiz Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cadiz Township.

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Cadiz was founded in 1803 at the junction of westward roads from Pittsburgh and Washington, Pennsylvania, and named after Cádiz, Spain. The town became the county seat of newly formed Harrison County in 1813. By 1840, Cadiz had 1,028 residents; by 1846, the town had four churches and 21 stores. The Steubenville and Indiana Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad, opened to Cadiz June 11, 1854.

In the early and mid nineteenth century, several local families operated stations and served as conductors in the Underground Railroad, helping runaway slaves escape to Canada.

By 1880 population had nearly doubled and the town had three newspapers and three banks.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cadiz Township, 1803 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1803
    FoundingCadiz Township is established
  3. 1848Post officeThe Cassville post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Enfield post office opens
  5. 1896Post officeThe Moraville post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1903Post officeThe Moraville post office closes
  9. 1905In the archiveStanton's home in
  10. 1905Post officeThe Cassville post office closes
  11. 1907Post officeThe Enfield post office closes
  12. 1918In the archiveAmanda Wallace Scott (The Grizzly Bear, 1918)
  13. 1930In the archiveGeneral Custer Hotel, Cadiz, Ohio (72069)
  14. 1972In the archiveA Resident of Oak Park, Points to Cracks in Her Walls She Claims Were Caused by Blasting.…
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.

Stanton's home in
Retake this viewStanton's home in, 1905

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Cadiz 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

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

People over time

Cadiz Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5001850190019502000Peak: 4,058

Between 537 and 4,058 people in every census since 1820.

21 censuses, 1820–2020.

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

Help out

Finish Cadiz 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
4 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewStanton's home in: 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.

Athens Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCadiz2 historic placesA−Archer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen TownshipIts storyBShort Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNottingham Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cadiz Township’s history

What year was Cadiz Township founded?

In 1803, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Cadiz Township’s post office opened in 1812, and the census of 1820 counted 537 people here.

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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 (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.