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History · Grand Township

72% of Grand Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
72%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grand Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grand Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grand Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1973. Watch Grand Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grand Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Grand Township, in brief

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

Grand Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 373 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 391 to 373 (-5%).

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

On the map

Grand Township on the map, 1915 to 1973

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

Grand Township on the 1915 USGS mapGrand Township on the 1961 USGS mapGrand Township on the 1973 USGS map1915La Rue 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 Grand Township.

By decade

Grand Township, decade by decade

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Grand Township farmstead2015Grand Township farmsteadMap of Marion County Ohio Highlighting Grand Township2015Map of Marion County Ohio Highlighting Grand TownshipMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Grand Township

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

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Nate ReinkingBritish-American basketball player · b. 1973
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Allyn Abbott YoungAmerican economist · b. 1876
John M. MurrayAmerican Army general · b. 1960
Carl KarcherAmerican businessman · b. 1917
Edwina DummCartoonist · b. 1893
Paul M. HerbertAmerican politician · b. 1889
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Baker SchoolschoolMaplegrove SchoolschoolPaw Paw Freewill Baptist ChurchchurchPawpaw SchoolschoolRidgeway SchoolschoolSpringhill SchoolschoolTri-County QuarrymineZion Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchZion Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grand Township
PawpawYoakum

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.

Marseilles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontgomery TownshipIts storyB+Goshen 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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.