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History · Jackson Township

17% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 18 old photos and papers and maps from 1910 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
18old photos & papers
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From Jackson Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Jackson Township’s past

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

Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A town in old photos18 old photos, postcards and papers, 1910–1936.On the map since 19106 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 2002. Watch Jackson Township change.
★ What stands out · 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.

Stella
1880–1907
Royal
1887–1907
Goosetown
1902–1905
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GoosetownRoyalStella
Gone or out of use
Anderson SchoolschoolBrowns SchoolschoolCentenary ChurchchurchCenter SchoolschoolCurry SchoolschoolGreenbrier SchoolschoolMillion SchoolschoolShively SchoolschoolVandiford Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
CentenaryChestnut GroveCurryGarrettLocust GroveMount OliveOtterbeinSpunkWalnut GroveWolf

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

By decade

Jackson Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1930s18 items
On the road to Canter's Cave1910On the road to Canter's CaveNewsboys1936NewsboysKids1936KidsSunday dinner1936Sunday dinnerIron furnace1936Iron furnaceIron furnace1936Iron furnaceGrocery window1936Grocery windowFarm Bureau Cooperative Association1936Farm Bureau Cooperative AssociationStreet scene, Sunday afternoon1936Street scene, Sunday afternoonNewsboys admiring sporting goods1936Newsboys admiring sporting goodsInterior of rehabilitation client's house1936Interior of rehabilitation client's houseInterior of rehabilitation client's house1936Interior of rehabilitation client's houseInterior of rehabilitation client's cabin1936Interior of rehabilitation client's cabinStreet scene, Saturday afternoon1936Street scene, Saturday afternoonSunday morning visiting between neighbors1936Sunday morning visiting between neighborsChildren playing in junk pile1936Children playing in junk pileUntitled photo, possibly related to: Newsboys1936Untitled photo, possibly related to: NewsboysUntitled photo, possibly related to: Newsboys1936Untitled photo, possibly related to: Newsboys
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1910 to 2002

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

Jackson Township on the 1910 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1944 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1961 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1975 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1992 USGS mapJackson Township on the 2002 USGS map1910Laurelville 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 Jackson Township.

The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

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

Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 721 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 741 to 721 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1880 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Stella post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Royal post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Goosetown post office opens
  6. 1905Post officeThe Goosetown post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Stella post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Royal post office closes
  9. 1910In the archiveOn the road to Canter's Cave
  10. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1936In the archiveNewsboys
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.

On the road to Canter's Cave
Retake this viewOn the road to Canter's Cave, 1910

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Jackson Township

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

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Fred Olen RayAmerican filmmaker · b. 1954
Isham JonesAmerican bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and s… · b. 1894
Jim RhodesAmerican politician · b. 1909
Horatio C. ClaypoolAmerican politician · b. 1859
Joseph McGheeEye health - optician? · b. 1872
Pete AbelePolitician · b. 1916
Help out

Finish Jackson Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewOn the road to Canter's Cave: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Richland Township1 historic placeBBenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Creek TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Jackson Township’s history

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (18), 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.