Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 84% of U.S. towns · #241 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1911 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 84% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marion Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #241 of 993 in Ohio. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Marion Township’s 3.0 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion Township’s history is told.
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marion Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Marion Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marion Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Marion Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,629.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 6,715 in 2010, 6,629 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Marion Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
portion of Marion Township. In December, 1834, it was ordered that so much of original Township 4 south, Bange 5 east, as previonslj belonged to German, shoald be attached to Amanda. In February, 1848, after the reorganization of the county, the south half of Marion and north half of Amanda were established as the township of Amanda, the south half of Amanda as known previously, becoming a part of the new county of Auglaize. As the township stands at present, it comprises thirty-four sections — Sections 7 and 18 of original Township 4 south,
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portion of Marion Township. In December, 1834, it was ordered that so much of original Township 4 south, Range 5 east, as previously belonged to German, should be attached to Amanda. In February, 1848, after the reorganization of the county, the south half of Marion and north half of Amanda were established as the township of Amanda, the south half of Amanda as known previously, becoming a part of the new county of Auglaize. As the township stands at present, it comprises thirty-four sections—Sections 7 and 18 of original Township 4 south,
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In December, 1853, Griffith John, John P. Mitchell and James Daniels presided as Commissioners. In March, 1834, a petition presented by Benjamin F. Cochran, asking for the establishment of a new township off the north end of Amanda, was granted, and Marion Township was ordered to be organized. At this session Town 5 south, Range 7 east, was set off as a township to be named Union. The establishment of Perry Township, or Township 4 south, Range 7 east, was authorized and an election ordered to be held at Joseph Crossley’s in April, 1834.
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Samuel Forrer, who surveyed the Shelby Canal in 1824, may be con* sidered the pioneer of Marion Township, as he ultimately settled here, and made Delphos his home until his death in 1874. In 1834 he purchased a tract of land on Sections 20 and 18.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Marion Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #241 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
31% of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1964.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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