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History · Mifflin Township

38% of Mifflin Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mifflin 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 Mifflin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mifflin Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1986. Watch Mifflin Township change.Old housesHalf of Mifflin Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mifflin 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

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

Little Sandusky
1825–1903
Warpole
1852–1905
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brownstown
Gone or out of use
Hendricks SchoolschoolLittle Sandusky Post Officepost officeMifflin SchoolschoolOlive Branch SchoolschoolPleasant Grove SchoolschoolSalem Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mifflin Township
BradleyHendersonRowlandSalem

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

On the map

Mifflin Township on the map, 1907 to 1986

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

Mifflin Township on the 1907 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1960 USGS mapMifflin Township on the 1986 USGS map1907Upper Sandusky 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 Mifflin Township.

The story so far

Mifflin Township, in brief

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

Mifflin Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, north central Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 741 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 804 to 741 (-8%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mifflin Township in 1884

Passages that mention Mifflin Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The first highway to be regularly laid out, in this township, was the State or Bellefontaine road in 1822, which enters from Mifflin Township, on the farm of John P. Miller, in Section 4, and, after traversing the township in a southwesterly direction and passing through Marseilles Village, it ente…
The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county1884 · page 853Read the page →
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The first highway to be regularly laid out, in this township, was the State or Bellefontaine road in 1822, which enters from Mifflin Township, on the farm of John P. Miller, in Section 4, and, after traversing the township in a southwesterly direction and passing through Marseilles Village, it enters Marion County at the southern edge of Section 18. Two roads enter from Pitt Township in the east at Sections 1 and 13 respectively, the more noi'therly of which runs about due west, and strikes Jackson Township at Section 2 west; the other road leads due west till it reaches the western edge of Sec-

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Mifflin Township, 1825 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Little Sandusky post office opens
  3. 1852Post officeThe Warpole post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Little Sandusky post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Warpole post office closes
  7. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mifflin Township, decade by decade

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Mifflin Township Wesley Chapel2015Mifflin Township Wesley ChapelMap of Wyandot County Ohio Highlighting Mifflin Township2015Map of Wyandot County Ohio Highlighting Mifflin Towns…MapMifflin Wyandot2006Mifflin Wyandot
Famous people

Famous people close to Mifflin Township

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

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Nate ReinkingBritish-American basketball player · b. 1973
Carl KarcherAmerican businessman · b. 1917
Edwina DummCartoonist · b. 1893
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John BerryAmerican congressman from Ohio · b. 1833
Ed HahnAmerican baseball player · b. 1875
Joanne PassetAmerican historian, librarian and writer · b. 1954
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Marseilles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPitt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.