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History · Ross Township

51% of Ross Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Ross Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ross Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ross Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ross Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The story so far

Ross Township, in brief

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

Ross Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 818.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 750 to 818 (+9%).

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

Places that used to be

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

Ross Township had its own post office from 1818 to 1830. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ross Township
1818–1830
Grapegrove
1850–1906
Gladstone
1886–1904
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GladstoneGrape Grove
Gone or out of use
Bethel SchoolschoolDuncan SchoolschoolGladstone Post Officepost officeGrapegrove Post Officepost officeHickory Grove SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolShiloh SchoolschoolSugar Grove Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Ross Township
Grape Grove

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

Timeline

Ross Township, 1818 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1818Post officeThe Ross Township post office opens
  3. 1830Post officeThe Ross Township post office closes
  4. 1850Post officeThe Grapegrove post office opens
  5. 1886Post officeThe Gladstone post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Gladstone post office closes
  8. 1906Post officeThe Grapegrove post office closes
By decade

Ross Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Ross Township hall, South Charleston and Grape Grove2016Ross Township hall, South Charleston and Grape GroveRoss Township School from south2016Ross Township School from southGrape Grove Church of Christ2016Grape Grove Church of ChristBell Center school on South Charleston Road2016Bell Center school on South Charleston RoadMap of Greene County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Greene County Ohio HighlightingMap
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cedarville Township4 historic placesA−Stokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSilvercreek Township2 historic placesANew Jasper Township2 historic placesAMadison Township2 historic placesA+Jefferson 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 (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.