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History · Monroe Township

16% of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Buckeye Station. Below: maps from 1929 on.

1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Monroe Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Monroe Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monroe Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Mahala
1850–1857
Osman
1854–1902
Beasleys Fork
1855–1902
Vineyard Hill
1857–1907
Grimes
1886–1907
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beasley ForkCatbirdGrimesWrightsville
Gone or out of use
Beasley Fork SchoolschoolBeasleys Fork Post Officepost officeCatbird SchoolschoolEllison SchoolschoolFenton SchoolschoolGrimes Post Officepost officeIsland Creek SchoolschoolMcGovney SchoolschoolNesbitt SchoolschoolOsman Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Monroe Township
FentonNaylorNesbittQuinn Chapel

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

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Start Monroe Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Monroe Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Monroe Township.

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Monroe Township was organized in 1817. It is named for James Monroe.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Monroe Township, 1850 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Mahala post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Osman post office opens
  4. 1855Post officeThe Beasleys Fork post office opens
  5. 1857Post officeThe Mahala post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Osman post office closes
  8. 1902Post officeThe Beasleys Fork post office closes
  9. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Monroe Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
DPandL mound2015DPandL moundDPandL mound-yellow-k2015DPandL mound-yellow-kMap of Adams County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Adams County Ohio HighlightingMapAdamsCountyOhioCounterfeitHouse2014AdamsCountyOhioCounterfeitHouseWamsley Village Site from highway2013Wamsley Village Site from highwayCounterfeit House2012Counterfeit House
On the map

Monroe Township on the map, 1929 to 1974

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

Monroe Township on the 1929 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1935 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1952 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1961 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1974 USGS map1929Springdale 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 Monroe Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Monroe Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Buckeye Station
Buckeye Station
Buildings
Buckeye StationBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Monroe Township

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

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Rosemary ClooneyAmerican singer and actress · b. 1928
Nick ClooneyAmerican journalist, anchorman, and television … · b. 1934
Darius MillerAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
Steve StiversU.S. Representative from Ohio · b. 1965
Augustus E. WillsonAmerican politician · b. 1846
Lorimer JohnstonAmerican silent film actor and director · b. 1858
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManchester Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrush Creek TownshipIts storyCSprigg TownshipIts storyCTiffin Township4 historic placesB

Questions about Monroe Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Monroe Township?

One place: the Buckeye Station (listed 1974).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.