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Stillwater River from Beisner RoadPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Richland Township

43% of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Richland Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richland Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Richland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1960.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Beamsville
1839–1905
Edon
1856–1857
Dawn
1857–1935
Stelvideo
1860–1914
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BeamsvilleDawnE and J Mobile Home ParkStelvideo
Gone or out of use
Beamsville Post Officepost officeDawn Post Officepost officeHazeldale SchoolschoolSkylane FieldairportStelvideo Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richland Township
BeamsvilleCoppessHartleStelvideo

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Richland Township, in brief

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

Richland Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 820 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 841 to 820 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Richland Township, 1839 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Beamsville post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Edon post office opens
  4. 1857Post officeThe Edon post office closes
  5. 1857Post officeThe Dawn post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Beamsville post office closes
  8. 1935Post officeThe Dawn post office closes
  9. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Richland Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Stillwater River from Beisner Road2015Stillwater River from Beisner RoadMap of Darke County Ohio Highlighting Richland Township2015Map of Darke County Ohio Highlighting Richland Townsh…MapOHMap-doton-Stelvideo2007OHMap-doton-StelvideoOHMap-doton-Dawn2007OHMap-doton-DawnOHMap-doton-Beamsville2007OHMap-doton-Beamsville
On the map

Richland Township on the map, 1961 to 1973

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

Richland Township on the 1961 USGS mapRichland Township on the 1973 USGS map1961Dawn sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Richland Township

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

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Bob BrownAmerican basketball player · b. 1923
E
Evaline NessAmerican illustrator and children's writer · b. 1911
Fred AbbottMLB catcher · b. 1874
Bertha JaquesAmerican artist · b. 1863
B
Billy KelseyAmerican baseball player · b. 1881
C
Curtis EnisAmerican football player · b. 1975
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

York TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrown Township1 historic placeA−Wayne Township4 historic placesAGreenville Township13 historic placesAAdams Township1 historic placeA

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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), 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.