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History · Hamer Township

12% of Hamer Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1917 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hamer 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 Hamer Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hamer Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19175 editions of the USGS map, 1917 to 1986. Watch Hamer Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamer Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Nevin
1839–1905
Winkle
1880–1969
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DanvilleEast DanvilleWinkle
Gone or out of use
Brier College SchoolschoolWhite SchoolschoolWinkle Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hamer Township
BarrChapmanGiblerHamer TownshipRedkeyStrange

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

On the map

Hamer Township on the map, 1917 to 1986

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

Hamer Township on the 1917 USGS mapHamer Township on the 1944 USGS mapHamer Township on the 1960 USGS mapHamer Township on the 1974 USGS mapHamer Township on the 1986 USGS map1917Hillsboro 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 Hamer Township.

The story so far

Hamer Township, in brief

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

Hamer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 679.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 680 in 2010, 679 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Hamer Township, 1839 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Nevin post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Winkle post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Nevin post office closes
  6. 1917On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1969Post officeThe Winkle post office closes
By decade

Hamer Township, decade by decade

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EastDanvilleOhio22015EastDanvilleOhio2EastDanvilleOhio12015EastDanvilleOhio1Map of Highland County Ohio Highlighting Hamer Township2015Map of Highland County Ohio Highlighting Hamer Townsh…Map
Famous people

Famous people close to Hamer Township

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

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Milton CaniffAmerican cartoonist · b. 1907
Bob McEwenAmerican politician · b. 1950
Carey A. TrimbleAmerican politician · b. 1813
William Addison DwigginsAmerican artist · b. 1880
Samuel Parsons ScottAmerican lawyer · b. 1846
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John Armstrong SmithAmerican politician · b. 1814
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Whiteoak TownshipIts storyBNew Market Township2 historic placesB+Dodson Township1 historic placeA−Union TownshipIts storyCSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay Township1 historic placeA−

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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 (3), 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.