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History · Jefferson Township

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

Below: maps from 1911 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Jefferson 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 Jefferson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jefferson Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19115 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1993. Watch Jefferson Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jefferson 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

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

Deardorfs Mills
1831–1872
Blackband
1873–1909
Deardorff
1880–1881
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Blackband
Gone or out of use
Angel SchoolschoolBlackband Post Officepost officeOakgrove SchoolschoolPaulus SchoolschoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 5schoolWelham Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jefferson Township
Saint Jacobs ReformedStonecreek

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

On the map

Jefferson Township on the map, 1911 to 1993

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

Jefferson Township on the 1911 USGS mapJefferson Township on the 1943 USGS mapJefferson Township on the 1961 USGS mapJefferson Township on the 1971 USGS mapJefferson Township on the 1993 USGS map1911Newcomerstown 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 Jefferson Township.

The story so far

Jefferson Township, in brief

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

Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 958 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 970 in 2010, 958 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Jefferson Township, 1831 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1831Post officeThe Deardorfs Mills post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Deardorfs Mills post office closes
  4. 1873Post officeThe Blackband post office opens
  5. 1880Post officeThe Deardorff post office opens
  6. 1881Post officeThe Deardorff post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1909Post officeThe Blackband post office closes
  9. 1911On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Jefferson Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Angel Valley School, Stone Creek, Ohio2016Angel Valley School, Stone Creek, OhioMap of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Jefferson Township

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

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Cody GarbrandtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1991
Frank BaumholtzAmerican baseball player · b. 1918
Alexander Helwig WyantAmerican painter · b. 1836
William BurressAmerican actor · b. 1867
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John MackeyAmerican composer · b. 1973
Arthur P. LamneckAmerican politician · b. 1880
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Salem Township1 historic placeA−Bucks TownshipIts storyB−York TownshipIts storyB−Auburn Township1 historic placeAClay Township1 historic placeA

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.