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History · Marion Township

Half of Marion Township’s homes were built after 1995

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Marion Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
12old 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 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
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 20% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull 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 19406.1% of homes (±4.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 20%
NewerOlder

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 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±4.5 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.

Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Marion Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19074 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1992. Watch Marion Township change.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers, 1905–1923.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Joe
1887–1903
Max
1899–1903
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hide-A-Way HillsJoeMax
Gone or out of use
Berry SchoolschoolJoe Post Officepost officeMax Post Officepost officePruden SchoolschoolRiches SchoolschoolRubel Schoolschool
11cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marion Township
BrethrenCentenaryDunkardEvangelicalFlagdaleLaurel ChapelMount TaborPleasant ValleyRuffSaint Emanuel LutheranSouth Harvey

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

On the map

Marion Township on the map, 1907 to 1992

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 1907 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1961 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1975 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1992 USGS map1907Logan 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.

By decade

Marion Township, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1920s. 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
1920s5 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…
1930s–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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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 eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,493.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,463 in 2010, 2,493 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Marion Township, 1887 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Joe post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Max post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Joe post office closes
  6. 1903Post officeThe Max post office closes
  7. 1905In the archiveMarion Steam Shovel Works
  8. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1912In the archiveHarding Memorial
  10. 1920In the archiveC.B. Huntress, children Marion, Douglas, & Jack
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

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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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 ShermanAmerican cabinet secretary and senator · b. 1823
Richard F. OutcaultAmerican cartoonist · b. 1863
Curtis ScaparrottiUnited States Army General · b. 1956
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John Willock NobleAmerican politician · b. 1831
Thomas Ewing Jr.American jurist and Union Army general · b. 1829
John Martin VorysUnited States Representative from Ohio's 12th D… · b. 1896
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
3 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.

Monday Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRush Creek TownshipIts storyBFalls Township7 historic placesA+Berne Township2 historic placesB+Good Hope TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Marion Township’s history

How does Marion Township rank for history?

Marion Township is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Marion Township?

6% of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1995.

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 (12), 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.