On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fayette Township is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #715 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fayette 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 Fayette Township’s 4.8 sits near the middle of its state (63% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 4 listings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. 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 Fayette Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The story so far
Fayette Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fayette Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fayette Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,494. Fayette Township includes Ohio's most southerly point.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 9,194 to 8,494 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fayette Township, 1818 to 1907
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fayette Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903Kenova sheet · 1:125,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fayette Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Fayette Township
Nobody well known was born in Fayette Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Fayette Township is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #715 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.
What is on the National Register in Fayette Township?
4 listings: 3 buildings, among them the William C. Johnston House And General Store (listed 1976, the first), and 1 site.
How old are the homes in Fayette Township?
4% of Fayette Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1982.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (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.
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