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History · Lee Township

26% of Lee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lee 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 Lee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19066 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 2002. Watch Lee Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Lee Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lee Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Lee Township on the map, 1906 to 2002

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

Lee Township on the 1906 USGS mapLee Township on the 1924 USGS mapLee Township on the 1960 USGS mapLee Township on the 1973 USGS mapLee Township on the 1994 USGS mapLee Township on the 2002 USGS map1906New Martinsville 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 Lee Township.

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Dairy, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sardis
1844–today
Dairy
1888–1903
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DairyLodiSardis
Gone or out of use
Dairy Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lee Township
Mount MoriahMount OliveParkerSalemSardis

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

The story

How Lee Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lee Township.

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Lee Township was formed in 1869 from parts of Ohio, Green and Jackson Townships. It was authorized by an act of the General Assembly on February 10, 1869, making it the only township in Monroe County to have been organized by action taken by the Ohio Legislature.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lee Township, 1844 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Sardis post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Dairy post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Dairy post office closes
  6. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lee Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Lee Township2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Lee TownshipMapOHMap-doton-Sardis2007OHMap-doton-Sardis
Famous people

Famous people close to Lee Township

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

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John MurthaAmerican politician from the U.S. state of Penn… · b. 1932
William Crittenden MooneyAmerican politician, Ohio · b. 1855
Bill BollingAmerican politician · b. 1957
John F. LaceyUnion Army officer · b. 1841
Joseph W. YostAmerican architect · b. 1847
Mark FunkhouserAmerican mayor · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOhio Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSardisIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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), Wikipedia, 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.