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History · Marion Township

16% of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Marion 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 Marion Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1974. Watch Marion Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Marion Township on the map, 1906 to 1974

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

Marion Township on the 1906 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1961 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1974 USGS map1906Mt Sterling 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 Marion Township.

The story so far

Marion Township, in brief

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 ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 774.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 766 in 2010, 774 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Marion Township in 1881

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

Marion Township was originally a part of Madison, from which it was taken Jnly 18, 1840. Its settlement, however, ante-dates its organization thirty-six years.
History of Fayette County1881 · page 877Read the page →
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Marion Township was originally a part of Madison, from which it was taken Jnly 18, 1840. Its settlement, however, ante-dates its organization thirty-six years.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Marion Township has never had but one post-office. This was established at the tannery of Amor Lloyd, in 1851, but was discontinued in one year. Lloyd was postmaster.
History of Fayette County1881 · page 892Read the page →
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Marion Township has never had but one post-office. This was established at the tannery of Amor Lloyd, in 1851, but was discontinued in one year. Lloyd was postmaster.

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.

Timeline

Marion Township, 1889 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Manara post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Manara post office closes
  5. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Marion Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Map of Fayette County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Fayette County Ohio HighlightingMapManaraOH22013ManaraOH2ManaraOH12013ManaraOH1Manara, Ohio2012Manara, Ohio
Famous people

Famous people close to Marion Township

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

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John W. BrickerAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Cindy NobleAmerican basketball player · b. 1958
Margaret Peterson HaddixAmerican author · b. 1964
William V. AllenAmerican politician · b. 1847
Travis ShawAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1990
Emma Ann ReynoldsAfrican-American physician · b. 1862
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Manara
Gone or out of use
Manara SchoolschoolManera Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marion Township
Britton ChaffinJohnsonLloydSates Gamble

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.

Union Township1 historic placeB+Wayne TownshipIts storyC+Madison Township1 historic placeB+Perry TownshipIts storyB+Paint TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Marion Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (4), 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.