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History · Kirkwood Township

34% of Kirkwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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Photo: GrantEugeneWilliams · Public domain

What stands out about Kirkwood Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Kirkwood Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kirkwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19034 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch Kirkwood Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Hendrysburg
1830–1983
Sewellsville
1834–1907
Egypt
1883–1905
Cabinet
1902–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CabinetEgyptHendrysburgSewellsville
Gone or out of use
Cabinet Post Officepost officeEgypt Post Officepost officeHendrysburg Elementary SchoolschoolSewellsville Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kirkwood Township
HopeOld EgyptSalemSewellsville

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kirkwood Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Kirkwood Township on the map, 1903 to 1994

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

Kirkwood Township on the 1903 USGS mapKirkwood Township on the 1961 USGS mapKirkwood Township on the 1978 USGS mapKirkwood Township on the 1994 USGS map1903Flushing 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 Kirkwood Township.

The story so far

Kirkwood Township, in brief

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

Kirkwood Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 412 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 400 to 412 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Kirkwood Township, 1830 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1830Post officeThe Hendrysburg post office opens
  3. 1834Post officeThe Sewellsville post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Egypt post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1905Post officeThe Egypt post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Sewellsville post office closes
  9. 1983Post officeThe Hendrysburg post office closes
By decade

Kirkwood Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Belmont County Ohio HighlightingMapGranteugenewilliamsev22000Granteugenewilliamsev2
Famous people

Famous people close to Kirkwood Township

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

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Elisha GrayAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1835
Isaac ParkerAmerican politician · b. 1838
Nathan B. ScottUnion Army soldier · b. 1842
Mary MauriceAmerican actress · b. 1844
David HollingsworthAmerican politician · b. 1844
Jake RyanAmerican football player · b. 1992
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Flushing Township1 historic placeA−Warren Township3 historic placesA+Union Township1 historic placeAOxford Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLondonderry 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 (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.