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History · Perry Township

40% of Perry Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · 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 writtenNo old photos of Perry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Perry Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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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

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

Franconia
1837–1867
Huntstown
1879–1896
Cascade
1893–1904
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CascadeFranconia
Gone or out of use
Cascade Post Officepost officeFranconia Post Officepost officeHuntstown Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
CascadeDickeyFairviewFranconiaMyersNew Bethany

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 fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,011 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,166 to 1,011 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Perry Township, 1837 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Franconia post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Franconia post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Huntstown post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Cascade post office opens
  6. 1896Post officeThe Huntstown post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904Post officeThe Cascade post office closes
By decade

Perry Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Auglaize River upstream from Dupont2015Auglaize River upstream from DupontAuglaize River downstream from Dupont2015Auglaize River downstream from DupontMap of Putnam County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Putnam County Ohio HighlightingMapPerry Putnam2006Perry Putnam
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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Edward Settle GodfreyUnited States Army officer and Indian Wars Meda… · b. 1843
John Wesley HillAmerican minister, activist, and author · b. 1863
Julia Rice SeneyAmerican writer, newspaper editor, government a… · b. 1853
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Ken WeberAmerican writer · b. 1943
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Melanie MooreAmerican women's basketball coach
David AyersUnion Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1841
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storyB−Greensburg TownshipIts storyC+

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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), 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.