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History · Perry Township

35% of Perry Township’s homes were built before 1940

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35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Perry 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 Perry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Perry Township, in brief

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

Perry Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 635.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 711 to 635 (-11%).

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

By decade

Perry Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Union Elementary School in2016Union Elementary School inMap of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Perry Township

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

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William Fletcher SappAmerican politician · b. 1824
Robert M. NevinAmerican politician in Ohio · b. 1850
Lyman R. CritchfieldAmerican politician · b. 1831
Francis John McConnellAmerican bishop · b. 1871
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Milton C. WhitakerAmerican chemical engineer · b. 1870
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Paul Eston LacyAmerican anatomist · b. 1924
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
New Guilford
Gone or out of use
Goshen SchoolschoolNeldon SchoolschoolNew Guilford Post Officepost officePisgah SchoolschoolWinding Fork Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
FlintGoshenMikesellNew GuilfordPerry ChapelSaint Matthews EpiscopalScottWilson ChapelWinding Fork Evangelical

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.

Newcastle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBedford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson 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 (2), 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.