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History · Milton Township

44% of Milton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Milton 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 Milton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1971. Watch Milton Township change.Old housesHalf of Milton Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Milton Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Milton Township on the map, 1909 to 1971

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

Milton Township on the 1909 USGS mapMilton Township on the 1960 USGS mapMilton Township on the 1971 USGS map1909Mc Clure 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 Milton Township.

The story so far

Milton Township, in brief

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

Milton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 929 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 979 to 929 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Milton Township, 1891 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Haney post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Haney post office closes
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Milton Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
East of Custar2015East of CustarMap of Wood County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Wood County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Milton Township

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

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Gene SharpAmerican political scientist · b. 1928
Del LattaAmerican politician · b. 1920
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Anthony De La TorreAmerican actor · b. 1993
Marc KraussAmerican baseball player · b. 1987
Andy TracyAmerican baseball player · b. 1973
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Dan AbbottAmerican baseball player · b. 1862
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Haney
Gone or out of use
Custar Stone Quarrymine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Milton Township
Milton TownshipSaint Louis

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.

Weston TownshipIts storyB+Richfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestonIts storyB+Liberty TownshipIts storyB+Jackson 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 (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.