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History · Paint Township

27% of Paint Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Paint 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 Paint Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1974. Watch Paint Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Paint Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Paint Township on the map, 1907 to 1974

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

Paint Township on the 1907 USGS mapPaint Township on the 1961 USGS mapPaint Township on the 1974 USGS map1907South Charleston 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 Paint Township.

The story so far

Paint Township, in brief

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

Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 554 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 556 in 2010, 554 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Paint Township, 1832 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Walnutrun post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Walnutrun post office closes
  5. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Paint Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Southwestern angle on Newport UMC2016Southwestern angle on Newport UMCNewport CCCU front and southern side2016Newport CCCU front and southern sideMadison-Plains High School fields2016Madison-Plains High School fieldsMap of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Paint Township2015Map of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Paint TownshipMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Paint Township

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

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John W. BrickerAmerican politician · b. 1893
William V. AllenAmerican politician · b. 1847
David K. WatsonAmerican politician · b. 1849
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Ed SmithAmerican basketball player · b. 1929
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Jenny MaeAmerican indie rock singer-songwriter, guitaris… · b. 1968
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H. L. MatthewsCollege boxing, baseball, and track coach · b. 1889
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
FlorenceNewport
Gone or out of use
Eachus SchoolschoolGordin AirportairportMaxie Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Paint Township
CorrellEvansKilgorePaint TownshipSifritWilliams Chapel

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.

Union TownshipIts storyCStokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison Township2 historic placesA+

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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 (4), 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.