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History · Perry Township

38% of Perry Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1890 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Larry Bump · Public domain

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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Perry Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Perry Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Garwoods Mill
1826–1836
East Liberty
1836–today
North Greenfield
1865–1904
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East LibertyNorth Greenfield
Gone or out of use
North Greenfield Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
BanksEast LibertyGreen LawnHatcherNorth GreenfieldQuaker

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

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 seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 986.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 992 in 2010, 986 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Perry Township, 1826 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Garwoods Mill post office opens
  3. 1836Post officeThe Garwoods Mill post office closes
  4. 1836Post officeThe East Liberty post office opens
  5. 1865Post officeThe North Greenfield post office opens
  6. 1890In the archiveAtlas of Logan County, Ohio
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904Post officeThe North Greenfield post office closes
By decade

Perry Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Atlas of Logan County, Ohio1890Atlas of Logan County, OhioMap
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Logan County Ohio HighlightingMapPerry Township building in East Liberty2009Perry Township building in East LibertyNorth Greenfield United Methodist Church2009North Greenfield United Methodist ChurchTRC2007TRCOHmap-hilite-Perry Twp2006OHmap-hilite-Perry Twp
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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Kin HubbardAmerican cartoonist · b. 1868
M
Melville J. HerskovitsAmerican anthropologist · b. 1895
Ed RatleffAmerican basketball player · b. 1950
Sami CallihanAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1987
Don OttenAmerican basketball player · b. 1921
Mac OttenAmerican basketball player · b. 1925
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jefferson Township1 historic placeB+Bokescreek TownshipIts storyB+Liberty TownshipIts storyBZane TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Perry Township’s history

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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 (6), 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.