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History · Jasper Township

38% of Jasper Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: old-book passages.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Jasper Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jasper Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jasper Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Jasper Township’s homes were built before 1960.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Jasper Mills
1857–1876
Selden
1876–1924
Edgefield
1877–1914
Pearson
1877–1903
Luttrell
1900–1903
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CunninghamEdgefieldJasper MillsLuttrellOctaPearsonsSouth Plymouth
Gone or out of use
Belleview SchoolschoolBuck SchoolschoolCrabapple SchoolschoolEdgefield Post Officepost officeGlendon SchoolschoolHanshell Flying Apple AirportairportJasper SchoolschoolLutrell Post Officepost officeLuttrell SchoolschoolMallon SchoolschoolPalmer SchoolschoolPearson Post Officepost officePlymouth SchoolschoolSchool Number 13schoolTamarack Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jasper Township
Asbury ChapelMallow-PerrillMilledgeville - Plymouth

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

Jasper Township, in brief

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

Jasper Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 703.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 745 to 703 (-6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Jasper Township in 1881

Passages that mention Jasper Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

By reference to another part of this book, the specific history of the organization and boundary of Jasper Township will be found. Therefore, we shall begin with the original settlement, and trace its history through all its transitions from the first log cabin in the woods, to its present flourish…
History of Fayette County1881 · page 708Read the page →
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By reference to another part of this book, the specific history of the organization and boundary of Jasper Township will be found. Therefore, we shall begin with the original settlement, and trace its history through all its transitions from the first log cabin in the woods, to its present flourishing condition, with its system of drainage, excellent schools and splendid turnpikes.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Jasper Township, 1857 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Jasper Mills post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Jasper Mills post office closes
  4. 1876Post officeThe Selden post office opens
  5. 1877Post officeThe Edgefield post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1914Post officeThe Edgefield post office closes
  8. 1924Post officeThe Selden post office closes
By decade

Jasper Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Map of Fayette County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Fayette County Ohio HighlightingMapJasperMillsOH22013JasperMillsOH2JasperMillsOH12013JasperMillsOH1Jasper Mills2012Jasper Mills
Famous people

Famous people close to Jasper Township

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

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Norman Vincent PealeAmerican writer and minister · b. 1898
Gary BraddsAmerican basketball player · b. 1942
Margaret Peterson HaddixAmerican author · b. 1964
William V. AllenAmerican politician · b. 1847
Mike CareyAmerican politician · b. 1971
Travis ShawAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1990
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union Township1 historic placeB+Jefferson TownshipIts storyB−Concord Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storyBRichland Township2 historic placesA−Wilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.