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History · Linton Township

35% of Linton Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Linton 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 Linton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Linton Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Linton Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linton Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Linton Mills
1853–1901
Bacon
1858–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BaconLinton MillsStringtown
Gone or out of use
Bacon Post Officepost officeBacon Run SchoolschoolCarr SchoolschoolLinton Mills Post Officepost officeNorth Bend SchoolschoolSaltworks SchoolschoolSandbank SchoolschoolTrio SchoolschoolWilliams Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Linton Township
Marquands MillsMiskimen FamilyOld CatholicOur Lady of Lourdes CatholicPlainfieldSaint Johns Lutheran

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

The story so far

Linton Township, in brief

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

Linton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 626 people living in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 646 to 626 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Linton Township, 1853 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Linton Mills post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Bacon post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Linton Mills post office closes
  6. 1906Post officeThe Bacon post office closes
By decade

Linton Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Red Barn with tile foundation2017Red Barn with tile foundationPlainfield F &AM Masonic Lodge 2242017Plainfield F &AM Masonic Lodge 224Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio HighlightingMap
On the National Register

1 historic place in Linton Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Linton Township

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

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Vesta WilliamsAmerican R&B singer · b. 1957
William Rainey HarperAmerican academic administrator · b. 1856
David W. StewartAmerican politician · b. 1887
William BurressAmerican actor · b. 1867
Benjamin Harrison EatonUnion Army officer · b. 1833
Bob BrenlyAmerican baseball player, manager, and commenta… · b. 1954
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin TownshipIts storyB−Monroe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLafayette Township2 historic placesA−Wheeling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOxford TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Linton Township’s history

Memory lane

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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), 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.