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History · Monroe Township

23% of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

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 villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Monroe Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19096 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Monroe Township change.
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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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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.

Milnersville
1830–1909
Odell
1874–1908
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BirminghamOdell
Gone or out of use
Clear Fork SchoolschoolHopewell SchoolschoolNorth Union SchoolschoolOdell Post Officepost officeSeminary Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Monroe Township
BirminghamClearfork BaptistClearfork United PresbyterianCumberlandFlat RidgeIrish Ridge

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

On the map

Monroe Township on the map, 1909 to 1994

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 1909 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1911 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1961 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1978 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1984 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1994 USGS map1909Antrim 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.

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 nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 730.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 747 to 730 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Monroe Township, 1830 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1830Post officeThe Milnersville post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Odell post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Odell post office closes
  6. 1909Post officeThe Milnersville post office closes
  7. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Monroe Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Monroe Township from 8512015Monroe Township from 851Map of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Guernsey County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Birmingham Guernsey County2007OHMap-doton-Birmingham Guernsey County
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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Alexander Helwig WyantAmerican painter · b. 1836
William BurressAmerican actor · b. 1867
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John H. LamneckAmerican jurist · b. 1891
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Naphtali LuccockAmerican bishop · b. 1853
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Freeman DavisMedal of Honor recipient · b. 1842
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Thelma Frazier WinterAmerican artist · b. 1903
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jefferson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheeling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (3), 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.