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History · Franklin Township

20% of Franklin Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1902 on.

1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Brian Rawson-Ketchum from Springfield, MI, US · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about Franklin Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Franklin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Franklin Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1994. Watch Franklin Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franklin Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Tappan
1840–1939
Feed Spring
1850–1875
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East Shore Cottage AreaFeed SpringsTappanWest Shore Cottage Area
Gone or out of use
Feed Spring Post Officepost officeHitchcock MinemineTappan Post Officepost officeWeaver Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Franklin Township
ChapelFeed SpringTappan

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

On the map

Franklin Township on the map, 1902 to 1994

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

Franklin Township on the 1902 USGS mapFranklin Township on the 1961 USGS mapFranklin Township on the 1982 USGS mapFranklin 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 Franklin Township.

The story so far

Franklin Township, in brief

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

Franklin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 517.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 603 to 517 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Franklin Township, 1840 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Tappan post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Feed Spring post office opens
  4. 1875Post officeThe Feed Spring post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1939Post officeThe Tappan post office closes
By decade

Franklin Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting Franklin Township2015Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting Franklin Tow…MapTappan Lake2010Tappan Lake
On the National Register

1 listing protects 33 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
33
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Franklin Township

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

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Cody GarbrandtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1991
Frank BaumholtzAmerican baseball player · b. 1918
Marie WalcampSilent film actress · b. 1894
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Gordon H. BowerAmerican psychologist · b. 1932
D
Doc BundyAmerican race car driver · b. 1946
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Harry McClintockAmerican musician · b. 1882
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Monroe Township1 historic placeA+Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMill Township4 historic placesADeersville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRush TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Franklin Township’s history

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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 (2), 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.