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History · Center Township

Half of Center Township’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Center Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Center Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Center Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Center Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Center Township change.Old burying grounds14 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Center Township.
★ What stands out · 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.

Moscow Mills
1837–1907
Centerbend
1860–1906
Hackney
1872–1907
Fabley
1892–1902
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Center BendCentervilleHackneyMoscow Mills
Gone or out of use
Bald Knob SchoolschoolBethel ChurchchurchCenter LBJ AirportairportCenter SchoolschoolCenterbend Post Officepost officeElliot SchoolschoolGrand View SchoolschoolHackney Post Officepost officeJordan SchoolschoolMoscow Mills Post Officepost officeMoscow SchoolschoolNewtonville Schoolschool
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Center Township
AndrewsBoydCentervilleClarkCrossroadsHarrJordanMorrisMount OlivePaynePhillisSaint MargaretSmiths ChapelSwickard

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Center Township on the map, 1909 to 1994

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

Center Township on the 1909 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1912 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1961 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1975 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1994 USGS map1909Caldwell 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 Center Township.

The story so far

Center Township, in brief

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

Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 677 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 743 to 677 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Center Township, 1837 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Moscow Mills post office opens
  3. 1860Post officeThe Centerbend post office opens
  4. 1872Post officeThe Hackney post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Centerbend post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Moscow Mills post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Hackney post office closes
  9. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Center Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Smith's Chapel2016Smith's ChapelHackney farmhouse2016Hackney farmhouseCenter Township school near Hackney2016Center Township school near HackneyMap of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Morgan County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Center Township

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

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
Don Carlos BuellAmerican Union Army General · b. 1818
Jeremiah McLain RuskUnion Army general, politician · b. 1830
W. Lee O'DanielAmerican politician · b. 1890
James W. DawesAmerican politician · b. 1844
Melvin Clark GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1849
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Meigsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaterford Township2 historic placesAWindsor Township1 historic placeA−Manchester TownshipIts storynot 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.