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History · Meigsville Township

Meigsville Township’s post office opened in 1819, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on.

1819first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Meigsville Township began

When was Meigsville Township founded?

1819

The Meigsville Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Meigsville (1819), Millgrove (1849) and Neelysville (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 921207 years
Founding year: the first Meigsville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Meigsville 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 Meigsville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Meigsville Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19105 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1994. Watch Meigsville Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1819: 207 years of Meigsville Township.
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Start Meigsville Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Meigsville
1819–1907
Millgrove
1849–1904
Neelysville
1850–1907
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mill GroveNeelysvilleUnionville
Gone or out of use
Hopewell ChurchchurchMcCarty SchoolschoolMeigsville Church of ChristchurchMillgrove Post Officepost officeNeelysville Post Officepost officePatterson Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Meigsville Township
EbenezerEmeryHopewellMcKendreeMeigsvilleMount CarmelPleasant GroveSalemUnionvilleWells

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

On the map

Meigsville Township on the map, 1910 to 1994

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

Meigsville Township on the 1910 USGS mapMeigsville Township on the 1961 USGS mapMeigsville Township on the 1975 USGS mapMeigsville Township on the 1987 USGS mapMeigsville Township on the 1994 USGS map1910Mc Connelsville 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 Meigsville Township.

The story so far

Meigsville Township, in brief

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

Meigsville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 921 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 895 to 921 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Meigsville Township, 1819 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Meigsville post office opens
  3. 1849Post officeThe Millgrove post office opens
  4. 1850Post officeThe Neelysville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Millgrove post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Meigsville post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Neelysville post office closes
  9. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Meigsville Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Runway 12, Morgan County Airport2016Runway 12, Morgan County AirportMcKendree UMC near McConnelsville2016McKendree UMC near McConnelsvilleMap of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Meigsville Township2015Map of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Meigsville Tow…Map
Famous people

Famous people close to Meigsville Township

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

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
Jeremiah McLain RuskUnion Army general, politician · b. 1830
W. Lee O'DanielAmerican politician · b. 1890
James W. DawesAmerican politician · b. 1844
H
Harry HolcombeAmerican actor · b. 1906
Frederick Samuel DellenbaughAmerican explorer and artist · b. 1853
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Morgan Township1 historic placeA+Windsor Township1 historic placeA−Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Meigsville Township’s history

What year was Meigsville Township founded?

The Meigsville Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (3), 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.