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History · Latty Township

25% of Latty Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Latty 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 Latty Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19144 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1973. Watch Latty Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Latty Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Latty Township on the map, 1914 to 1973

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

Latty Township on the 1914 USGS mapLatty Township on the 1944 USGS mapLatty Township on the 1960 USGS mapLatty Township on the 1973 USGS map1914Paulding 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 Latty Township.

The story

How Latty Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Latty Township.

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A post office called Latty has been in operation since 1882. The village was named for Judge A. S. Latty, an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Latty Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Latty post office 458552015Latty post office 45855Friends UMC2015Friends UMCMap of Paulding County Ohio Highlighting Latty Village2015Map of Paulding County Ohio Highlighting Latty VillageMapOHMap-doton-Latty2004OHMap-doton-Latty
People over time

Latty Township, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 594

Between 165 and 594 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Latty Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Latty Township

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

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Kory LichtensteigerAmerican football player · b. 1985
John Randolph SpearsAmerican writer · b. 1850
Walter HintonAmerican aviator · b. 1888
Jesse B. JacksonUnited States Consul, witness of the Armenian G… · b. 1871
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Harry L. ConnOhio Jurist · b. 1867
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Willis RitchieAmerican architect · b. 1864
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Gilberts MillslocaleKeppler SchoolschoolLatty Center SchoolschoolMason SchoolschoolTaylor SchoolschoolThurston SchoolschoolTigner Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Latty Township
Mount ZionPleasant View

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Blue Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storyB−Washington 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), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.