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History · Salem Township

Half of Salem Township’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Salem Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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From Salem Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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.

Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Salem Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1975. Watch Salem Township change.Old burying grounds15 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salem Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Salem Center
1856–today
Dexter
1857–1985
Alberta
1873–1906
Hanesville
1876–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DanvilleDexterHanesvilleMartinsburgSalem Center
Gone or out of use
Greenwood ChurchchurchHanesville Post Officepost officeSalem Center Post Officepost officeWilliams Schoolschool
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salem Township
Coy HillFoldenGoffGomerHuggLongstretchMcCaskeyNelsonOld SalemPearsolPiperPoint PleasantSalem CenterStandishVonschriltz

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

On the map

Salem Township on the map, 1907 to 1975

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

Salem Township on the 1907 USGS mapSalem Township on the 1960 USGS mapSalem Township on the 1975 USGS map1907Pomeroy 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 Salem Township.

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 twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 939 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,051 to 939 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Salem Township, 1856 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Salem Center post office opens
  3. 1857Post officeThe Dexter post office opens
  4. 1873Post officeThe Alberta post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Alberta post office closes
  7. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1908In the archiveShrubbery
  9. 1985Post officeThe Dexter post office closes
By decade

Salem Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s5 items
Shrubbery1908ShrubberyShrubbery1908ShrubberyLincoln Ave. "A," Salem, O., May 1, 19081908Lincoln Ave. "A," Salem, O., May 1, 1908Lincoln Ave. "B," Salem, O., May 1, 19081908Lincoln Ave. "B," Salem, O., May 1, 1908Lincoln Ave. "C," Salem, O., May 1, 19081908Lincoln Ave. "C," Salem, O., May 1, 1908
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today1 recent
Map of Meigs County Ohio Highlighting Salem Township2015Map of Meigs County Ohio Highlighting Salem TownshipMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Shrubbery
Retake this viewShrubbery, 1908

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Salem Township’s page.

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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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Cy MorganMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1878
Benny KauffAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
Kid ElberfeldAmerican baseball player · b. 1875
Eva del Vakia BowlesAmerican teacher · b. 1875
Nial R. HysellAmerican politician in Ohio · b. 1854
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Ed DonaldsAmerican baseball player · b. 1883
Help out

Finish Salem Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewShrubbery: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rutland TownshipIts storyAMorgan TownshipIts storyDWilkesville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColumbia TownshipIts storyDHuntington Township2 historic placesB−

Questions about Salem Township’s history

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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 (1), the Library of Congress (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.