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History · Mill Creek Township

44% of Mill Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mill Creek Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19134 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1973. Watch Mill Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mill Creek 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.

Domestic
1848–1865
Primrose
1854–1904
Alvordton
1881–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlvordtonFranklin JunctionHamerPrimrose
Gone or out of use
Brick SchoolschoolLippy SchoolschoolSchool Number 4schoolStoner SchoolschoolUnion ChurchchurchWalkup Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mill Creek Township
Olive BranchPrimroseWalnut Grove

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

On the map

Mill Creek Township on the map, 1913 to 1973

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

Mill Creek Township on the 1913 USGS mapMill Creek Township on the 1944 USGS mapMill Creek Township on the 1961 USGS mapMill Creek Township on the 1973 USGS map1913Alvordton 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 Mill Creek Township.

The story so far

Mill Creek Township, in brief

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

Mill Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 752 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 802 to 752 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Mill Creek Township, 1848 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Domestic post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Primrose post office opens
  4. 1865Post officeThe Domestic post office closes
  5. 1881Post officeThe Alvordton post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Primrose post office closes
  8. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mill Creek Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Mill Creek Township hall, Alvordton2015Mill Creek Township hall, AlvordtonMap of Williams County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Williams County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Mill Creek Township

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

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Paul SipleAmerican explorer · b. 1908
Timothy E. TarsneyAmerican politician · b. 1849
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Ben Edwin PerryAmerican classical philologist · b. 1892
Frank C. KniffinAmerican politician · b. 1894
Tony SchefflerPlayer of American football · b. 1983
John Charles TarsneyAmerican politician · b. 1845
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Madison Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGorham TownshipIts storyB+Brady TownshipIts storyC+Jefferson TownshipIts storyC+

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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 (2), 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.