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History · Range Township

Range Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Range Township began

When was Range Township founded?

1872

The Range Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Johnstons (1828), Range (1872) and Chenoweth (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 981154 years
Founding year: the first Range Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Range 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 Range Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Range Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Range Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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Start Range Township’s collection

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

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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.

Johnstons
1828–1844
Range
1872–1905
Chenoweth
1887–1900
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BethelChenowethRange
Gone or out of use
Bethel Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchChenoweth Post Officepost officeConcord Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchConcord SchoolschoolRange Post Officepost office
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Range Township
BaldwinBethelCarsonCountsJohnston-McClimansOld JohnstonRangeShepherd

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

The story so far

Range Township, in brief

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

Range is an unincorporated community in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located between Chenoweth and Midway. The Range Post office was established on September 2, 1872, but was discontinued on December 14, 1905. The mail service is now sent through the London branch.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 979 in 2010, 981 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Range Township in 1883

Passages that mention Range Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Fayette County line, thence eastward along said line to Duff's Fork; thence lip said fork to the crossing of the Federal road; thence northward to the line between Union and Pleasant Townships, so as to make the upper line of Range Township one mile and one-half, extending along Pleasant Township."…
The history of Madison County, Ohio1883 · page 698Read the page →
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Fayette County line, thence eastward along said line to Duff's Fork; thence lip said fork to the crossing of the Federal road; thence northward to the line between Union and Pleasant Townships, so as to make the upper line of Range Township one mile and one-half, extending along Pleasant Township." March 2, 1824, change in Range and Pleasant Townships, " Ordered by the Commissioners of Madison County now in session, on petition being presented, that part of Range Township be, and is hereby attached to.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Range Township, 1828 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Johnstons post office opens
  3. 1844Post officeThe Johnstons post office closes
  4. 1872Post officeThe Range post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Chenoweth post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Chenoweth post office closes
  8. 1905Post officeThe Range post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Range Township

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

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John W. BrickerAmerican politician · b. 1893
Margaret Peterson HaddixAmerican author · b. 1964
William V. AllenAmerican politician · b. 1847
Travis ShawAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1990
David K. WatsonAmerican politician · b. 1849
Clyde TingleyAmerican politician · b. 1882
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oak Run TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaint TownshipIts storyB−Madison Township1 historic placeB+Pleasant Township1 historic placeAPaint TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Range Township’s history

What year was Range Township founded?

The Range Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.