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History · Marion Township

29% of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1909 on.

1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19096 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 2002. Watch Marion Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Marion Township on the map, 1909 to 2002

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 1909 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1911 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1961 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1976 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1994 USGS mapMarion Township on the 2002 USGS map1909Summerfield 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 fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 618 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 671 to 618 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Marion Township, 1851 to 1934

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Whigville post office opens
  3. 1876In the archiveIllustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published from actual surveys
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1934Post officeThe Whigville post office closes
By decade

Marion Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s2 items
Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published from actual surveys1876Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published f…MapIllustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published from actual surveys1876Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio - published f…Map
Today2 recent
Map of Noble County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Noble County Ohio HighlightingMapSamuel Danford Farm2009Samuel Danford Farm
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
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery
Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Samuel Danford Farm, Church and CemeteryGreek Revival

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

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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Nathan B. ScottUnion Army soldier · b. 1842
Melvin Clark GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1849
Charles DorrAmerican politician · b. 1852
William Gladstone SteelCrater Lake promoter and mail carrier · b. 1854
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Dick WehrAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1925
James M. TuttleUnited States Army general during American Civi… · b. 1823
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
SteamtownWhigville
Gone or out of use
Aiken SchoolschoolFendley SchoolschoolGlady ChurchchurchGlady SchoolschoolStones SchoolschoolTrots SchoolschoolValley StorelocaleWhigville Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marion Township
Allens ChapelBethesdaGladyWhigville

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.

Stock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSeneca TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSeneca TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter Township1 historic placeA−Wayne Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Marion Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Marion Township?

One place: the Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery (listed 1980).

Memory lane

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

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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), 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.