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History · Madison Township

13% of Madison Township’s homes were built before 1940

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13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Madison Township’s past

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The story so far

Madison Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 844 to 869 (+3%).

From the old history books

What they wrote about Madison Township in 1902

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

September 17, i860, a committee was appointed by the Board of Education of Madison Township consisting of Jacob Sarber, Wm. Perrin and Henry Long "for the purpose of visiting the school houses in sub-district Xo. 18 to ascertain whether they have school room enough, and to report at the April meeti…
History of Madison Township, including Groveport and Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio1902 · page 119Read the page →
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September 17, i860, a committee was appointed by the Board of Education of Madison Township consisting of Jacob Sarber, Wm. Perrin and Henry Long "for the purpose of visiting the school houses in sub-district Xo. 18 to ascertain whether they have school room enough, and to report at the April meeting." On April 15, 1861, this committee submitted a report which "was received and the committee discharged," and on

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We will supplement the list of township officers with a list of Madison Township citizens who have Tield county, state and other honorary positions. In October of 1827 John Swisher succeeded James Kilbourne as county assessor, and served until 1835, The office of county assessor was abolished in 18…
History of Madison Township, including Groveport and Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio1902 · page 76Read the page →
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We will supplement the list of township officers with a list of Madison Township citizens who have Tield county, state and other honorary positions. In October of 1827 John Swisher succeeded James Kilbourne as county assessor, and served until 1835, The office of county assessor was abolished in 1841, when the office of Township Assesssor was created.

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

Timeline

Madison Township, 1834 to 1868

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Eagle post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Eagle post office closes
  4. 1868Post officeThe Williamstown post office opens
By decade

Madison Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
143 River St2012143 River St120 N Lake St2012120 N Lake StMadison Township Hall2007Madison Township HallMadison Board of Education2007Madison Board of EducationOHMap-doton-Madison2004OHMap-doton-Madison
Places that used to be

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

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

Eagle
1834–1868
Williamstown
1868–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
West UnionWilliamstown
Gone or out of use
Alge Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Madison Township
ArlingtonSaint PaulsWilliamstown

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.

ArlingtonIts storyB+Van Buren TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelaware TownshipIts storyB−

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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 (5), Wikidata (1), 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.