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History · Oak Run Township

Half of Oak Run Township’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Oak Run Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1907 on.

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What stands out about Oak Run 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 Oak Run Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Oak Run Township, in brief

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

Oak Run Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 521 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 528 in 2010, 521 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Oak Run Township, 1896 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Chrisman post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Chrisman post office closes
  5. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Oak Run Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Watering Hole Restaurant2021Watering Hole RestaurantHume Lever Road wheat field2016Hume Lever Road wheat fieldMap of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Oak Run Township2015Map of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Oak Run Towns…Map
On the map

Oak Run Township on the map, 1907 to 1961

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

Oak Run Township on the 1907 USGS mapOak Run Township on the 1961 USGS map1907London 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 Oak Run Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Oak Run Township

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

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John W. BrickerAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Patti HarrisonAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1990
William V. AllenAmerican politician · b. 1847
David K. WatsonAmerican politician · b. 1849
Clyde TingleyAmerican politician · b. 1882
De Witt C. BadgerAmerican politician · b. 1858
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Chrisman, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Chrisman
Gone or out of use
Chrisman Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Oak Run Township
Timmons

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fairfield TownshipIts storyCRange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storyCPleasant Township1 historic placeA

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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.