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History · Seneca Township

11% of Seneca Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: old-book passages.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Seneca Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Seneca Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Seneca Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Mount Ephraim
1843–1955
Chaseville
1874–1903
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChasevilleLakelandMount EphraimMud RunNoble Cottage Area
Gone or out of use
ChasevillePost Officepost officeDanford SchoolschoolMount Ephraim Post Officepost officeMud Run SchoolschoolRiches SchoolschoolUpper Opossum Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Seneca Township
CoensOld Mount Ephriam

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

The story so far

Seneca Township, in brief

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

Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 423 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 479 to 423 (-12%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Seneca Township in 1887

Passages that mention Seneca Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

of the township. They came from the vicinity of Wheeling, and before coming to Beaver lived a short time in Seneca Township. After a number of years they remove<l to Federal Creek, in Morgan County, where the village of Joy was named for them.
History of Noble County, Ohio1887 · page 578Read the page →
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of the township. They came from the vicinity of Wheeling, and before coming to Beaver lived a short time in Seneca Township. After a number of years they remove<l to Federal Creek, in Morgan County, where the village of Joy was named for them.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Seneca Township, 1843 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe Mount Ephraim post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Chaseville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Chaseville post office closes
  6. 1955Post officeThe Mount Ephraim post office closes
By decade

Seneca Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Mount Ephraim UMC2017Mount Ephraim UMCMount Ephraim Seneca Township Hall2017Mount Ephraim Seneca Township HallLew Martin Road woods and clearing2015Lew Martin Road woods and clearingMap of Noble County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Noble County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Seneca Township

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

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Nathan B. ScottUnion Army soldier · b. 1842
Melvin Clark GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1849
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Dick WehrAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1925
Herbert F. ChristianUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1912
James M. TuttleUnited States Army general during American Civi… · b. 1823
Margaret Keenan HarraisU.S. commissioner; deputy magistrate; temperanc… · b. 1872
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wayne Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuffalo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (4), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.