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History · Rich Hill Township

Rich Hill Township’s post office opened in 1843, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. Below: maps from 1911 on.

1843first post office
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Rich Hill Township began

When was Rich Hill Township founded?

1843

The Rich Hill Township post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Rich Hill (1843), Rix Mills (1846) and Freelands (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 489183 years
Founding year: the first Rich Hill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rich Hill Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Rich Hill Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rich Hill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19114 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1994. Watch Rich Hill Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1843: 183 years of Rich Hill Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Rich Hill
1843–1863
Rix Mills
1846–1902
Freelands
1850–1863
Freeland
1874–1918
Spratt
1884–1955
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FreelandRich HillRix MillsSaint ClairSmithSpratt
Gone or out of use
Freeland Post Officepost officeGilt Edge SchoolschoolGoshen ChurchchurchGreen Valley SchoolschoolMount Airy SchoolschoolPleasant Ridge SchoolschoolRich Hill ChurchchurchRich Hill Post Officepost officeRix Mills Post Officepost officeSalt Creek ChurchchurchSpratt Post Officepost officeVirginia Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rich Hill Township
McNaughtonMount ZionRich HillSalt Creek

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

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Start Rich Hill Township’s collection

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

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On the map

Rich Hill Township on the map, 1911 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rich Hill Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Rich Hill Township on the 1911 USGS mapRich Hill Township on the 1961 USGS mapRich Hill Township on the 1972 USGS mapRich Hill Township on the 1994 USGS map1911Cumberland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rich Hill Township.

The story so far

Rich Hill Township, in brief

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

Rich Hill Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 489 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1843. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 454 to 489 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Rich Hill Township, 1843 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe Rich Hill post office opens
  3. 1846Post officeThe Rix Mills post office opens
  4. 1850Post officeThe Freelands post office opens
  5. 1863Post officeThe Rich Hill post office closes
  6. 1863Post officeThe Freelands post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1902Post officeThe Rix Mills post office closes
  9. 1911On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Rich Hill Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Mount Zion PCUSA Cemetery2017Mount Zion PCUSA CemeteryMap of Muskingum County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Muskingum County Ohio HighlightingMap
On the National Register

1 historic place in Rich Hill Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Mount Zion Presbyterian Church
Mount Zion Presbyterian Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
All 1 listings
Mount Zion Presbyterian ChurchBuilding · listed 1978

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rich Hill Township

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

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John GlennAmerican astronaut and politician · b. 1921
Chris FinchAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1969
William Rainey HarperAmerican academic administrator · b. 1856
David W. StewartAmerican politician · b. 1887
Frank HattonAmerican politician · b. 1846
Lisa HowardAmerican actress and network television news re… · b. 1926
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Spencer TownshipIts storyBMeigs Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestland Township2 historic placesB+Salt Creek Township1 historic placeA−Union Township9 historic placesA

Questions about Rich Hill Township’s history

What year was Rich Hill Township founded?

The Rich Hill Township post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Rich Hill Township?

One place: the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church (listed 1978).

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.