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History · Greenfield Township

31% of Greenfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Greenfield 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 Greenfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Greenfield Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19124 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 2002. Watch Greenfield Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenfield 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

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

Gallia Furnace
1847–1894
Gallia
1862–1953
Hoadley
1884–1917
Peniel
1889–1948
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GalliaHoadleyPeniel
Gone or out of use
Gallia Post Officepost officeHoadley Post Officepost officePeniel Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Greenfield Township
GalliaGalliaPenielShafferWagnerWood

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

On the map

Greenfield Township on the map, 1912 to 2002

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

Greenfield Township on the 1912 USGS mapGreenfield Township on the 1961 USGS mapGreenfield Township on the 1975 USGS mapGreenfield Township on the 2002 USGS map1912Oak Hill 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 Greenfield Township.

The story so far

Greenfield Township, in brief

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

Greenfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 503.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 495 in 2010, 503 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Greenfield Township, 1847 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Gallia Furnace post office opens
  3. 1862Post officeThe Gallia post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Hoadley post office opens
  5. 1894Post officeThe Gallia Furnace post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1917Post officeThe Hoadley post office closes
  9. 1953Post officeThe Gallia post office closes
By decade

Greenfield Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Cambria Furnace open fields2016Cambria Furnace open fieldsCambria Furnace fields and hillside2016Cambria Furnace fields and hillsideCambria Creek upstream in Greenfield Township2016Cambria Creek upstream in Greenfield TownshipMap of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Greenfield Township2015Map of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Greenfield Tow…Map
People over time

Greenfield Township, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 503

Between 437 and 503 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greenfield Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Perry Township1 historic placeC+Madison Township1 historic placeBSymmes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storyC+

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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 (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.