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History · Freedom Township

42% of Freedom Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1908 on.

0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Freedom Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Freedom 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1971. Watch Freedom Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Freedom Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewFreedom Congregational Church: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Freedom Township on the map, 1908 to 1971

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

Freedom Township on the 1908 USGS mapFreedom Township on the 1959 USGS mapFreedom Township on the 1971 USGS map1908Napoleon 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 Freedom Township.

The story so far

Freedom Township, in brief

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

Freedom Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 967.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 946 to 967 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Freedom Township, 1898 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Gerald post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Gerald post office closes
  5. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Freedom Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Freedom Congregational ChurchDate?Freedom Congregational Church
Today4 recent
Gerald Road U houses2015Gerald Road U housesGerald Grain Center2015Gerald Grain CenterMap of Henry County Ohio Highlighting Freedom Township2015Map of Henry County Ohio Highlighting Freedom TownshipMapFreedom Twp Henry OH2006Freedom Twp Henry OH
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.

Freedom Congregational Church
Retake this viewFreedom Congregational Church

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Freedom Township

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

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Erik Palmer-BrownAmerican soccer player · b. 1997
Barney OldfieldAmerican racing driver · b. 1878
James MasseyAmerican information theorist and cryptologist · b. 1934
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Hal PriceActor · b. 1886
John NeffAmerican investor · b. 1931
Richard MourdockIndiana Republican Party politician · b. 1951
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Gerald, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
GeraldLueneburg
Gone or out of use
Gerald Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Freedom Township
FreedomSaint Johns

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clinton Township4 historic placesANapoleon Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidgeville TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Freedom Township’s history

Memory lane

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 (4), the Library of Congress (1), 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.