The East Union Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, East Union (1831), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 6,946195 years
How historic is East Union Township?
B−
More historic than 49% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first East Union Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives East Union Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Union Township is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #666 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of East Union Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so East Union Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about East Union Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, East Union, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
East UnionGlen Ridge Mobile Home ParkMillbourne Mobile ManorRicelandWhispering Pines EstatesWooster Rolling Wheels
Gone or out of use
Davies Air FieldairportEdinburgh MilllocaleHunter SchoolschoolSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 7schoolSchool Number 9school
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Union Township
ApplecreekApplecreek West EndBodineBott FamilyEast UnionErbFountain HillRed RunStaufferWeaver
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
East Union Township on the map, 1901 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Union Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901Wooster 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 East Union Township.
The story so far
East Union Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Union Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,946 people in the township.
Its first post office opened in 1831. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 6,821 in 2010, 6,946 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
East Union Township, 1831 to 1907
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The East Union Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does East Union Township rank for history?
East Union Township is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #666 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in East Union Township?
11% of East Union Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1981.
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).
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.
