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History · Green Township

33% of Green Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Green 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 Green Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Green Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Green Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green 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

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

Laings
1832–today
Round Bottom
1856–1936
Benwood
1883–1914
Crane Nest
1892–1916
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BenwoodCranenestFoxtownLaingsRound BottomSix Point
Gone or out of use
Benwood Post Officepost office
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Green Township
Chapel Hill MethodistFletcherFuchsKraftLaings PresbyterianOld OttsWest Union

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

The story so far

Green Township, in brief

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

Green Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 419.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 447 to 419 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Green Township, 1832 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Laings post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Round Bottom post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Benwood post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1914Post officeThe Benwood post office closes
  7. 1936Post officeThe Round Bottom post office closes
  8. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Green Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Green Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States (2024-06-18-02-54-14 UMBRA-05)2024Green Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States (2…South of Flauhaus Road2016South of Flauhaus RoadFlauhaus Road bank barn2016Flauhaus Road bank barnMap of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Green Township2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Green TownshipMapOHMap-doton-Laings2007OHMap-doton-Laings
On the map

Green Township on the map, 1960 to 2002

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

Green Township on the 1960 USGS mapGreen Township on the 1973 USGS mapGreen Township on the 1994 USGS mapGreen Township on the 2002 USGS map1960Round Bottom 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 Green Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Green Township

Nobody well known was born in Green 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
William Crittenden MooneyAmerican politician, Ohio · b. 1855
Bill BollingAmerican politician · b. 1957
John F. LaceyUnion Army officer · b. 1841
Charles DorrAmerican politician · b. 1852
Joseph W. YostAmerican architect · b. 1847
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Adams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter Township6 historic placesAOhio Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem 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 Green Township’s history

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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 (5), 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.