Most of Roundhead Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1913 on and old-book passages.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Roundhead Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1913Alger 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 Roundhead Township.
The first Euro-American settlement at Roundhead was made in 1832 on the site of a former Wyandot Indian village. The community is named for the Wyandot chief Roundhead. During its history, the community has also been referred to as "Round Head", "Round Heads", "Round Headstown", and "Roundheads Town". A post office has been in operation at Roundhead since 1837.
An archaeological site, the Zimmerman Kame, is located in the Roundhead vicinity; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Passages that mention Roundhead Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A twentieth century history of Hardin County, Ohio1910 · page 17Read the page →
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Organization of Townships. Roundhead Township, so named for the famous chief who lived in the little Indian village that is now the thriving town of Roundhead, was organized one year before the county was made a separate division from Logan. It was at first much larger than at present, other townships being cut from it as the country became more populous. The first county election was held in Roundhead township at Jonathan Carter’s cabin, April 1, 1833, that being deemed the most convenient place, and just sixty-three votes were cast. Whether
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A twentieth century history of Hardin County, Ohio1910 · page 427Read the page →
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Roundhead Township : Outside of the village of Roundhead there are seven rural schools in this township. Shady Vale is located on the west side of the marsh ; the Henkle and Hill schoolhouses on the Ada Pike ; Ford school, on the Ford pike ; Oak Grove, on the Huntsville pike ; Prairie school, on the west county line, and Streets school on the Hill pike. These are all substantial buildings in which school is in session eight months each year.
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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 →
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