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History · Monroe Township

30% of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on.

0on the National Register
30%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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monroe Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Monroe Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

New Princeton
1850–1860
Ridge
1850–1858
Spring Mountain
1858–1919
Shannon
1891–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
New PrincetonSpring Mountain
Gone or out of use
Big Run SchoolschoolHarmony ChurchchurchHazel Glen SchoolschoolLookout SchoolschoolMonroe ChurchchurchNew Princeton Post Officepost officePleasant Hill ChurchchurchPleasant Valley SchoolschoolRock Ridge SchoolschoolSpring Mountain Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Monroe Township
Big RunHarmonyMonroePleasant HillSpring Mountain

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

The story so far

Monroe Township, in brief

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

Monroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 427.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 525 to 427 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Monroe Township, 1850 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe New Princeton post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Ridge post office opens
  4. 1858Post officeThe Ridge post office closes
  5. 1858Post officeThe Spring Mountain post office opens
  6. 1860Post officeThe New Princeton post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1919Post officeThe Spring Mountain post office closes
By decade

Monroe Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Princeton Community Church (former)2017Princeton Community Church (former)Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio HighlightingMap
On the map

Monroe Township on the map, 1913 to 1962

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 1913 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1962 USGS map1913Brinkhaven 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.

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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Roscoe C. McCullochAmerican politician · b. 1880
John Kissig CowenAmerican politician and railroad executive · b. 1844
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Robert E. DickinsonAmerican meteorologist and geoscientist · b. 1940
William Fletcher SappAmerican politician · b. 1824
Robert M. NevinAmerican politician in Ohio · b. 1850
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Joe NormanAmerican football player · b. 1956
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clark Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson Township2 historic placesATiverton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storyBKillbuck TownshipIts storyB

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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 (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.