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History · Lynn Township

48% of Lynn Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: old-book passages.

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What stands out about Lynn Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lynn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lynn Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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The story so far

Lynn Township, in brief

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

Lynn Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 591.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 572 to 591 (+3%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Lynn Township in 1883

Passages that mention Lynn Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

In 1852, he bought sixty acres of land in Lynn Township, for which he paid $337, and this he sold in the following year to Siford Bainsburg for $500. In April of 1857, he and Edward A. Clark, under the firm name of Clark & Hisey, engaged in mercantile business in the village of Patterson, Hardin Co…
The history of Hardin county, Ohio1883 · page 857Read the page →
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In 1852, he bought sixty acres of land in Lynn Township, for which he paid $337, and this he sold in the following year to Siford Bainsburg for $500. In April of 1857, he and Edward A. Clark, under the firm name of Clark & Hisey, engaged in mercantile business in the village of Patterson, Hardin County, Ohio, and, in May of the following year, they removed their stock of goods to Yelverton, Ohio, Mr. Clark continuing in the business for one year; then Mr. Hisey bought him out, with a debt of $2,500 over the firm, which he had to assume, and has since pursued the same business. He has a good

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Lynn Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Township Road 115 Scioto River bridge2015Township Road 115 Scioto River bridgeLynn Township hall, 150 and 1152015Lynn Township hall, 150 and 115Lynn Township flood-damaged cornfield2015Lynn Township flood-damaged cornfieldMap of Hardin County Ohio highlighting2015Map of Hardin County Ohio highlightingMapAmish Sedan2011Amish SedanLynn Hardin2006Lynn Hardin
Famous people

Famous people close to Lynn Township

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

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Rollo MayAmerican psychologist · b. 1909
June VincentActress · b. 1920
Simeon D. Fess(1861-1936) Republican politician and educator … · b. 1861
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Allyn Abbott YoungAmerican economist · b. 1876
Henry Wilson TempleAmerican politician · b. 1864
John M. MurrayAmerican Army general · b. 1960
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Foraker
Gone or out of use
Dunn SchoolschoolElmwood SchoolschoolFlynn SchoolschoolForaker Post Officepost officeIndependent SchoolschoolLynn Valley SchoolschoolNorman Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lynn Township
Norman

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Cessna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcDonald TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuck TownshipIts storyBTaylor Creek 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 (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.