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History · Sherman Township

53% of Sherman Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Sherman Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Sherman 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sherman Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Sherman Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1972. Watch Sherman Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewStudent nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. T…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Weymouth
1824–1905
Weavers Corners
1871–1901
Bismarck
1872–1903
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BismarckWeavers Corners
Gone or out of use
Bismark Post Officepost officeCentral SchoolschoolEnglish SchoolschoolSchool Number 1schoolWeavers Corners Post Officepost officeWeymouth Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sherman Township
JonesSaint Sebastian Catholic

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

The story so far

Sherman Township, in brief

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

Sherman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 519.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 510 in 2010, 519 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1824 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824Post officeThe Weymouth post office opens
  3. 1839Born hereEphraim Shay is born here
  4. 1871Post officeThe Weavers Corners post office opens
  5. 1872Post officeThe Bismarck post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Weavers Corners post office closes
  8. 1903Post officeThe Bismarck post office closes
  9. 1905Post officeThe Weymouth post office closes
  10. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1919In the archiveStudent nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Tennis is very popular when off duty
By decade

Sherman Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Student nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Tennis is very popular when off duty1919Student nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Tennis is very …
1920s–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.
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Today4 recent
Bismarck St. Sebastian's2016Bismarck St. Sebastian'sMap of Huron County Ohio Highlighting Sherman Township2015Map of Huron County Ohio Highlighting Sherman TownshipMapFrldsign2010FrldsignSherman Huron2006Sherman Huron
On the map

Sherman Township on the map, 1915 to 1972

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

Sherman Township on the 1915 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1960 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1972 USGS map1915Siam 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 Sherman Township.

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.

Student nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Tennis is very popular when off duty
Retake this viewStudent nurses at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Tennis is very popular when off duty, 1919

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Peru Township1 historic placeA−Norwich TownshipIts storyBLyme Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenfield Township1 historic placeB+

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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 Library of Congress (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.