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History · Manchester Township

Half of Manchester Township’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Manchester Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Manchester 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 Manchester Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Manchester Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Manchester Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manchester 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

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

Andersons Store
1828–1854
Woodgrove
1832–1912
Reinersville
1854–1978
Otho
1884–1892
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
OthoReinersvilleSeeleyburg
Gone or out of use
Foster SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolOtho Post Officepost officeReinersville SchoolschoolWindy Hill Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Manchester Township
KuntzRehobethReinersvilleWindy Hill

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

On the map

Manchester Township on the map, 1909 to 1994

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

Manchester Township on the 1909 USGS mapManchester Township on the 1912 USGS mapManchester Township on the 1961 USGS mapManchester Township on the 1975 USGS mapManchester Township on the 1994 USGS map1909Caldwell 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 Manchester Township.

The story so far

Manchester Township, in brief

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

Manchester Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 117 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 160 to 117 (-27%).

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

Timeline

Manchester Township, 1828 to 1978

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Andersons Store post office opens
  3. 1832Post officeThe Woodgrove post office opens
  4. 1854Post officeThe Andersons Store post office closes
  5. 1854Post officeThe Reinersville post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1912Post officeThe Woodgrove post office closes
  9. 1978Post officeThe Reinersville post office closes
By decade

Manchester Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Reinersville abandoned house2016Reinersville abandoned houseReinersville UMC2016Reinersville UMCMap of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Morgan County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Manchester Township

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

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
Jeremiah McLain RuskUnion Army general, politician · b. 1830
W. Lee O'DanielAmerican politician · b. 1890
James W. DawesAmerican politician · b. 1844
Melvin Clark GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1849
H
Harry HolcombeAmerican actor · b. 1906
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Manchester Township’s history

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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.