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History · Grandview Township

Grandview Township’s post office opened in 1833, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1960 on.

1833first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Grandview Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Grandview Township began

When was Grandview Township founded?

1833

The Grandview Township post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Grandview (1833), Wards Station (1874) and Dawes (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,396193 years

How historic is Grandview Township?

B

More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Grandview Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Grandview Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Grandview Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Grandview Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1833, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194021.4% of homes (±6.7) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 62%
NewerOlder

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 Grandview 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 A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.7 points). 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 Grandview Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grandview Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Grandview Township.Old housesHalf of Grandview Township’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Grandview
1833–1964
Wards Station
1874–1882
Dawes
1882–1911
Ward
1882–1907
Glass
1891–1918
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BeavertownGlassGrandviewWard
Gone or out of use
Bell Churchchurch
11cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grandview Township
BeavertownBellCarsonFairview ChurchGermanGrandviewHoldrenMurdockNew MatamorasSalem HallSpringer Grave

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

Help out

Start Grandview Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grandview 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 viewCharles Webber House, Township Road & S…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Grandview Township, 1833 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Grandview post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Wards Station post office opens
  4. 1882Post officeThe Wards Station post office closes
  5. 1882Post officeThe Dawes post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1911Post officeThe Dawes post office closes
  8. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1964Post officeThe Grandview post office closes
The story so far

Grandview Township, in brief

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

Grandview Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,396 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,731 to 1,396 (-19%).

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

By decade

Grandview Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Charles Webber House, Township Road & Sheets RunDate?Charles Webber House, Township Road & Sheets Run
Today2 recent
Wiley Road near Glass2016Wiley Road near GlassMap of Washington County Ohio Highlighting Grandview Township2015Map of Washington County Ohio Highlighting Grandview …Map
On the map

Grandview Township on the map, 1960 to 2002

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

Grandview Township on the 1960 USGS mapGrandview Township on the 1972 USGS mapGrandview Township on the 1994 USGS mapGrandview Township on the 2002 USGS map1960New Matamoras sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grandview Township.

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.

Charles Webber House, Township Road & Sheets Run
Retake this viewCharles Webber House, Township Road & Sheets Run

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Grandview Township

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

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John MurthaAmerican politician from the U.S. state of Penn… · b. 1932
Cleveland Monroe BaileyAmerican politician · b. 1886
Bill BollingAmerican politician · b. 1957
John F. LaceyUnion Army officer · b. 1841
Mark FunkhouserAmerican mayor · b. 1949
William Gladstone SteelCrater Lake promoter and mail carrier · b. 1854
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Independence Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMatamoras (New Matamoras)Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLudlow Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Grandview Township’s history

What year was Grandview Township founded?

The Grandview Township post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Grandview Township rank for history?

Grandview Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. 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 Grandview Township?

21% of Grandview Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1964.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.