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History · Richfield Township

26% of Richfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Richfield 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 Richfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richfield Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1971. Watch Richfield Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richfield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Westhope
1869–1919
Grelton
1880–1967
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GreltonWesthope
Gone or out of use
Bethany Christian Union Church of ChristchurchEickmeier AirportairportWesthope Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richfield Township
AngellPeace ChurchRichfield

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

On the map

Richfield Township on the map, 1909 to 1971

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

Richfield Township on the 1909 USGS mapRichfield Township on the 1960 USGS mapRichfield Township on the 1971 USGS map1909Mc Clure 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 Richfield Township.

The story so far

Richfield Township, in brief

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

Richfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 635.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 682 to 635 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Richfield Township, 1869 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Westhope post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Grelton post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1919Post officeThe Westhope post office closes
  7. 1967Post officeThe Grelton post office closes
By decade

Richfield Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Richfield Township soybean field2015Richfield Township soybean fieldMap of Henry County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Henry County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Grelton2007OHMap-doton-GreltonRichfield Twp Henry OH2006Richfield Twp Henry OH
Famous people

Famous people close to Richfield Township

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

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Joe E. BrownAmerican actor · b. 1891
Erik Palmer-BrownAmerican soccer player · b. 1997
Charles N. HaskellGovernor of Oklahoma; politician · b. 1860
Marc KraussAmerican baseball player · b. 1987
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Chip DavisAmerican rock musician and composer · b. 1947
George Philip HahnUnited States federal judge · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Damascus TownshipIts storyB−Milton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storyB+Bartlow TownshipIts storyB

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.