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History · Liberty Township

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

Below: maps from 1903 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Liberty 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 Liberty Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Liberty Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19035 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 2002. Watch Liberty Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Saltpeter
1851–1859
Dalzell
1872–1919
Fifteen
1872–1918
Saltpetre
1872–1914
Gasville
1888–1908
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DalzellGasvilleGermantown
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Liberty Township
DalzellPaw Paw ChurchScotts RidgeWaxler Church

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 Liberty Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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On the map

Liberty Township on the map, 1903 to 2002

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

Liberty Township on the 1903 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1961 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1977 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1994 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 2002 USGS map1903Macksburg 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 Liberty Township.

The story so far

Liberty Township, in brief

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

Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 438 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 481 to 438 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Liberty Township, 1851 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Saltpeter post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Saltpeter post office closes
  4. 1872Post officeThe Dalzell post office opens
  5. 1872Post officeThe Fifteen post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1918Post officeThe Fifteen post office closes
  9. 1919Post officeThe Dalzell post office closes
By decade

Liberty Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Germantown Road in Germantown2017Germantown Road in GermantownMap of Washington County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Washington County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Germantown Washington County2007OHMap-doton-Germantown Washington County
Famous people

Famous people close to Liberty Township

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

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Don Carlos BuellAmerican Union Army General · b. 1818
Cleveland Monroe BaileyAmerican politician · b. 1886
D
Dan HughesAmerican basketball coach · b. 1955
Lee FohlAmerican baseball manager · b. 1876
B
Billy ReynoldsAmerican football player · b. 1931
F
Frank BarronAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lawrence Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storyBLudlow Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBethel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Township1 historic placenot 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 (3), 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.