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History · Homer Township

19% of Homer Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Homer Township’s past

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

Lost villages9 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Homer Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Homer Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Calvary
1838–1907
Log Cabin
1842–1880
Elliott Cross Roads
1850–1892
Pleasant Valley
1850–1872
Bishopville
1860–1929
Joy
1872–1924
Mountvillie
1880–1908
Lewis
1891–1905
Elliott
1892–1910
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BishopvilleElliott CrossroadsJoyLewisLinscottMountvilleWrightstown
Gone or out of use
Armstrong SchoolschoolBishopville Post Officepost officeElliott Post Officepost officeJoy Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchJoy Post Officepost officeLewis Post Officepost officeMountville Post Officepost officeWise Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Homer Township
CaryJoyLiberty HillUnionWatsonWrightstown

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

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The story so far

Homer Township, in brief

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

Homer Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,006 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,058 to 1,006 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Homer Township, 1838 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Calvary post office opens
  3. 1842Post officeThe Log Cabin post office opens
  4. 1850Post officeThe Elliott Cross Roads post office opens
  5. 1880Post officeThe Log Cabin post office closes
  6. 1892Post officeThe Elliott Cross Roads post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1907Post officeThe Calvary post office closes
By decade

Homer Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Homer Township2015Map of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Homer TownshipMapPleasant Hill Methodist Church, Homer Township2013Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, Homer Township
Famous people

Famous people close to Homer Township

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

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Sarah Jessica ParkerAmerican actress · b. 1965
Pamela S. SoltisAmerican botanist · b. 1957
Clifford CarlsonAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1894
Josh DevoreAmerican Major League baseball player · b. 1887
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Wilson CollisonPlaywright and novelist · b. 1893
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Bunny PearceAmerican baseball player · b. 1885
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion Township1 historic placeA−Trimble Township1 historic placeAAmes TownshipIts storyC+Monroe TownshipIts storyB

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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), 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.