On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Montgomery Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Montgomery Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Montgomery Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.8 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Montgomery Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Montgomery Township on the map, 1915 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montgomery Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1915La Rue 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 Montgomery Township.
The story so far
Montgomery Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Montgomery Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,064 people in the township; 676 lived in the village of LaRue and 413 lived in the village of New Bloomington.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,330 to 2,064 (-11%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Montgomery Township in 1883
Passages that mention Montgomery Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
the history of marion county ohio1883 · page 809Read the page →
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RAILROADS, Montgomery Township is highly favored with railroad facilities, there being two good railways traversing its whole length. "The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus & Indianapolis Railroad, formerly the Bellefontaine & Indiana, was completed through this township in 1852, and the town of La Rue started; and the Chicago & Atlantic was put in operation about June 1, 1883, with a depot upon it within the limits of this township. Agosta is the second depot on the other road in this township, making a total of four
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formed a part of Montgomery Township. The next to settle in Montgomery Township proper, of whom we haveany account, was William T. Virden, now the oldest surviving pioneer settler of the township. He emigrated to Warren County, Ohio, in 1827, and in January, 1881, to Marion County, settling within the forests of this township. July 31, following, he purchased from the Government the east half of the northwest quarter of Section l, where he now resides. In January, 1831, the following, with their families, constituted the band of pioneers that inhabited Montgomery
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Montgomery Township, 1829 to 1935
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Montgomery Township is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Montgomery Township?
43% of Montgomery Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1956.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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