The Moulton Township post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Moulton (1860) and Glynnwo0d (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,634166 years
How historic is Moulton Township?
B−
More historic than 50% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Moulton Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Moulton Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Moulton Township is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Moulton 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 Moulton Township’s 5.1 sits near the middle of its state (64% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Moulton Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Moulton
1860–1904
Glynnwo0d
1877–1903
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GlynwoodMoultonPusheta Town
Gone or out of use
Butcher SchoolschoolDoering SchoolschoolDorley SchoolschoolGlynnwood Post Officepost officeMoulton Post Officepost officeSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 6schoolSchool Number 7school
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moulton Township
CrowJulionSaint ThomasZion
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Moulton Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moulton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Moulton is an unincorporated community located in southern Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Wapakoneta and Saint Marys. The original two-lane stretch of U.S. Highway 33, now County Road 33-A, runs through the community. Moulton is served by the Saint Marys City School District and the Wapakoneta (45895) post office. The Toledo and Ohio Central Railway, later merged into the New York Central, operated a line from Columbus, through Russells Point, Gutman, Wapakoneta and to its terminus in Saint Marys, that ran through Moulton, which also served the now defunct Detjen Grain Company. This line was abandoned by New York Central's s…
Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,694 to 1,634 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Moulton Township, 1860 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Moulton Township post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Moulton Township rank for history?
Moulton Township is more historic than 50% 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.
What is on the National Register in Moulton Township?
One place: the Glynnwood Catholic Church (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Moulton Township?
13% of Moulton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
