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History · Salem Township

50% of Salem Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Oydman Original uploader was Oydman at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

What stands out about Salem 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 Salem Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Salem Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Salem Township’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salem 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.

Deep Cut
1840–1882
Kossuth
1850–1905
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Kossuth
Gone or out of use
Barber SchoolschoolDeep Cut SchoolschoolKossuth Post Officepost officePratt SchoolschoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 6schoolSchool Number 8schoolSmith SchoolschoolSwamp Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salem Township
CalvaryKossuthMount UnionNew SalemPrattRobbins

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

The story so far

Salem Township, in brief

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

Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 507 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 498 in 2010, 507 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Salem Township, 1840 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Deep Cut post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Kossuth post office opens
  4. 1882Post officeThe Deep Cut post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Kossuth post office closes
By decade

Salem Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Map of Auglaize County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Auglaize County Ohio HighlightingMapWarren pony truss on Deep Cut Road2009Warren pony truss on Deep Cut RoadMiami and Erie Canal south of the Deep Cut2009Miami and Erie Canal south of the Deep CutSalem Auglaize2006Salem AuglaizeOHMap-doton-Salem2005OHMap-doton-Salem
Famous people

Famous people close to Salem Township

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

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Dudley NicholsAmerican screenwriter · b. 1895
Rick DerringerAmerican rock musician · b. 1947
William K. HowardAmerican film director · b. 1893
Earl WilsonAmerican journalist · b. 1907
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Evan EschmeyerAmerican basketball player · b. 1975
Charles Anthony MooneyAmerican politician · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Noble TownshipIts storyC+Logan Township1 historic placeAJennings TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township1 historic placeASpencer Township1 historic placeA−

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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.