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History · Marion Township

1 of Marion Township’s places is on the National Register

More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #775 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Landers Brothers Company Building. Most of Marion Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: 17 old photos and papers and maps from 1903 on.

1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
17old photos & papers
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From Marion Township’s archive · credits on each photo
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About Marion Township’s history

How historic is Marion Township?

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More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Marion Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marion Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #775 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Marion Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19405.0% of homes (±4.8) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%CNational Register1 listing, 3.1 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 38%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 22%

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 3.1 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points).

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 →

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 town in old photos17 old photos, postcards and papers, 1905–1938.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1972. Watch Marion Township change.
★ What stands out · By decade

Marion Township, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1910s7 items
Marion Steam Shovel Works1905Marion Steam Shovel WorksHigh School1905High SchoolCounty Court House1905County Court HouseView of the Scioto River1905View of the Scioto RiverHarding Memorial1912Harding MemorialHarding Memorial1912Harding MemorialSenator Harding's newspaper plant1915Senator Harding's newspaper plant
1920s9 items
C.B. Huntress, children Marion, Douglas, & Jack1920C.B. Huntress, children Marion, Douglas, & JackC.B. Huntress1920C.B. HuntressC.B. Huntress & son Douglas1920C.B. Huntress & son DouglasMarion [Ohio] bids W.B. farewell1923Marion [Ohio] bids W.B. farewellMarion County courthouse draped in mourning the day the body of President Harding arrived for burial1923Marion County courthouse draped in mourning the day t…Harding's body on Main Street of home town1923Harding's body on Main Street of home townWhere President Warren G. Harding sleeps in New Shrine of Patriotism1923Where President Warren G. Harding sleeps in New Shrin…The funeral procession1923The funeral processionLaying cornerstone of the $800,000 Harding Memorial contributed by grateful nation1926Laying cornerstone of the $800,000 Harding Memorial c…
1930s1 item
Advertisement1938Advertisement
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Marion Township on the map, 1903 to 1972

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 1903 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1960 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1972 USGS map1903Findlay 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 seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,097.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,759 to 3,097 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Marion Township, 1850 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Elm Grove post office opens
  3. 1865Post officeThe Elm Grove post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1905In the archiveMarion Steam Shovel Works
  7. 1912In the archiveHarding Memorial
  8. 1920In the archiveC.B. Huntress, children Marion, Douglas, & Jack
  9. 1938In the archiveAdvertisement
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Marion Steam Shovel Works
Retake this viewMarion Steam Shovel Works, 1905

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Marion Township’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Marion Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2019
Landers Brothers Company Building
Landers Brothers Company Building
Buildings
All 1 listings
Landers Brothers Company BuildingBuilding · listed 2019

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Weaver Airportairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marion Township
AlspachBrightsElm GroveHickory GroveHigh Bank

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

Help out

Finish Marion Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
4 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMarion Steam Shovel Works: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Findlay11 historic placesA−Cass TownshipIts storyB+Biglick TownshipIts storyC+Jackson TownshipIts storyBAmanda TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Marion Township’s history

How does Marion Township rank for history?

Marion Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #775 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.

What is on the National Register in Marion Township?

One place: the Landers Brothers Company Building (listed 2019).

How old are the homes in Marion Township?

5% of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1996.

Memory lane

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).

From the Library of Congress (17), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.