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History · Marshall Township

Marshall Township’s post office opened in 1845, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it

1845first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Marshall Township began

When was Marshall Township founded?

1845

The Marshall Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Marshall (1845), Pleasant View (1855) and Harriet (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,007181 years

How historic is Marshall Township?

B−

More historic than 52% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Marshall Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Marshall Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marshall Township is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Marshall Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1845, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194012.5% of homes (±9.8) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B−National 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 52%
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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 Marshall 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Marshall 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 Marshall Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Marshall Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Marshall Township.
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Start Marshall Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marshall Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Marshall
1845–1921
Pleasant View
1855–1855
Harriet
1893–1905
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Babingtons Trailer ParkHarriettMarshallMcCoppin MillSouth BeachSouth Branch Trailer Court
Gone or out of use
Harriet Post Officepost officeMarshall Post Officepost officeRedkey Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marshall Township
Christian UnionDickMethodistMoorePisgahPleasant ViewPresbyterian

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

Timeline

Marshall Township, 1845 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1845Post officeThe Marshall post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe Pleasant View post office opens
  4. 1855Post officeThe Pleasant View post office closes
  5. 1856Born hereCharles P. Cary is born here
  6. 1893Post officeThe Harriet post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1905Post officeThe Harriet post office closes
  9. 1921Post officeThe Marshall post office closes
The story so far

Marshall Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marshall Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Marshall is an unincorporated community in central Marshall Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 124 and 506. Rocky Fork Lake, the site of Rocky Fork State Park, is located 2 miles (3 km) to the north. It lies 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of the city of Hillsboro, the county seat of Highland County. An early variant name was West Liberty. The Marshall High School Red Flashes were the Class B State Basketball Champions in 1928. As a result, the gymnasium at the former high/elementary school was constructed in 1931.

Its first post office opened in 1845. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,029 to 1,007 (-2%).

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

By decade

Marshall Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Marshall, Ohio crossroads2012Marshall, Ohio crossroadsMarshall Presbyterian Church2012Marshall Presbyterian ChurchIntersection OH-506 and OH-124 Marshall, Ohio2012Intersection OH-506 and OH-124 Marshall, OhioMarshall Community Center former MHS&ES built 1931 photographed 20102010Marshall Community Center former MHS&ES built 1931 ph…Marshall Community Center former MHS&ES built 1919 photographed 20102010Marshall Community Center former MHS&ES built 1919 ph…OHMap-doton-Marshall2007OHMap-doton-Marshall
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Paint Township1 historic placeB−Rocky Fork PointIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighland HolidayIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrushcreek Township2 historic placesBWashington TownshipIts storyCJackson TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Marshall Township’s history

What year was Marshall Township founded?

The Marshall Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Marshall Township rank for history?

Marshall Township is more historic than 52% 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 Marshall Township?

13% of Marshall Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1992.

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.