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History · Pitt Township

Pitt Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1925 on.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Quick answers

How Pitt Township began

When was Pitt Township founded?

1877

The Pitt Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bowshersville (1837), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 909149 years
Founding year: the first Pitt Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pitt 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.Old housesHalf of Pitt Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pitt Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCharles H. Lewis-hec.17077: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Pitt Township, in brief

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

Pitt Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 909 people in the township, 160 of whom lived in the village of Harpster.

Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,012 to 909 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Pitt Township, 1837 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Bowshersville post office opens
  3. 1865Post officeThe Bowshersville post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1925In the archiveCharles H. Lewis-hec.17077
By decade

Pitt Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Charles H. Lewis-hec.170771925Charles H. Lewis-hec.17077
1930s–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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Today4 recent
Little Sandusky houses2015Little Sandusky housesLittle Sandusky former Methodist church2015Little Sandusky former Methodist churchMap of Wyandot County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Wyandot County Ohio HighlightingMapPitt Wyandot2006Pitt Wyandot
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Charles H. Lewis-hec.17077
Retake this viewCharles H. Lewis-hec.17077, 1925

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pitt Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pitt Township

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

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Nate ReinkingBritish-American basketball player · b. 1973
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Gene LogsdonAmerican writer and farmer · b. 1932
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
BowshervilleLittle Sandusky
Gone or out of use
Bauserville SchoolschoolBowshersville Post Officepost officeMcCarthy Stone Quarrymine
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pitt Township
BowshervilleEmanuelHuntLittle SanduskyMcClain

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.

Crane Township7 historic placesAMifflin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAntrim Township1 historic placeAMarseilles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pitt Township’s history

What year was Pitt Township founded?

The Pitt Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (5), 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.