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Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio GaragePhoto: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Salt Creek Township

22% of Salt Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1990.

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What stands out about Salt Creek 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 Salt Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1994. Watch Salt Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salt Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Salt Creek Township on the map, 1915 to 1994

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

Salt Creek Township on the 1915 USGS mapSalt Creek Township on the 1943 USGS mapSalt Creek Township on the 1961 USGS mapSalt Creek Township on the 1994 USGS map1915Millersburg 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 Salt Creek Township.

The story so far

Salt Creek Township, in brief

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

Salt Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,542 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,309 to 4,542 (+5%).

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

By decade

Salt Creek Township, decade by decade

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Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio Garage2016Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio GarageMap of Wayne County Ohio Highlighting Salt Creek Township2015Map of Wayne County Ohio Highlighting Salt Creek Town…Map
People over time

Salt Creek Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,00020002020Peak: 4,542

Between 3,137 and 4,542 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Salt Creek Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Salt Creek Township

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

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Emma P. CarrAmerican spectroscopist and chemical educator · b. 1880
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John Howard YoderAmerican theologian and academic · b. 1927
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Charles CritchfieldAmerican mathematical physicist · b. 1910
Roscoe C. McCullochAmerican politician · b. 1880
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Brand BlanshardAmerican philosopher · b. 1892
Kirtland I. PerkyAmerican politician · b. 1867
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Maysville
Gone or out of use
Mount Nebo Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salt Creek Township
Emanuel Troyer FarmFairlawnFredericksburg EastFredericksburg WestJoseph Helmuth FarmNoahNoah PetersheimPeter Miller FarmTraceys Corners

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

East Union TownshipIts storyB−Franklin Township1 historic placeB+Paint TownshipIts storyBFredericksburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Salt Creek 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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.