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History · Short Creek Township

Short Creek Township’s post office opened in 1831, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on.

1831first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Short Creek Township began

When was Short Creek Township founded?

1831

The Short Creek Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Hurfopd (1889), Science Hill (1897) and Ginther (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,031195 years
Founding year: the first Short Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Short Creek Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Short Creek Township, and 11 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Short Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1985. Watch Short Creek Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1831: 195 years of Short Creek Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Short Creek
1831–today
Hurfopd
1889–1914
Science Hill
1897–1907
Ginther
1903–1908
Blairmont
1906–1918
Duncanwood
1919–1950
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BelknapBelleveBlairmontChickwanDuncanwoodGeorgetownHammond CrossroadHortonHurfordNewtownScience Hill
Gone or out of use
Blairmont Post Officepost officeCulbertson Drift MinemineD Number 11 MinemineDuncanwood Post Officepost officeGeorgetown MinemineGlen Castle Number 6 MinemineGlencastle MinemineGoodyear MinemineHarrison Post Officepost officeHurford Post Officepost officeJamison MinemineNumber 2 MinemineRobyville Number 80 Drift Number 2 MinemineScience Hill Post Officepost officeShort Creek Number 1 MinemineShort Creek Number 2 Minemine
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Short Creek Township
FurbayOlive BranchShort CreekStiersWest Grove

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

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Start Short Creek Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Short Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Short Creek Township on the map, 1905 to 1985

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

Short Creek Township on the 1905 USGS mapShort Creek Township on the 1960 USGS mapShort Creek Township on the 1972 USGS mapShort Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1905St Clairsville 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 Short Creek Township.

The story so far

Short Creek Township, in brief

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

Short Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,031.

Its first post office opened in 1831. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,090 to 1,031 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Short Creek Township, 1831 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1831Post officeThe Short Creek post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Hurfopd post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Science Hill post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1907Post officeThe Science Hill post office closes
  8. 1914Post officeThe Hurfopd post office closes
By decade

Short Creek Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Short Creek Twp Meeting Hall, Georgetown, Harrison County, Ohio2016Short Creek Twp Meeting Hall, Georgetown, Harrison Co…Purple Quilt Star on Barn, Harrisville, Ohio2016Purple Quilt Star on Barn, Harrisville, OhioBridge to Georgetown Mine, Harrison County, Ohio2016Bridge to Georgetown Mine, Harrison County, OhioMap of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Harrison County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Short Creek Township

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

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Clark GableAmerican actor · b. 1901
William SharonAmerican politician · b. 1821
David P. ThompsonAmerican politician · b. 1834
Robert CrozierAmerican politician · b. 1827
Thomas TiptonAmerican politician · b. 1817
J
Jerry W. KrupinskiAmerican politician · b. 1941
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green TownshipIts storyBAthens Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCadiz Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSmithfield Township2 historic placesAWheeling TownshipIts storyB+Cadiz2 historic placesA−

Questions about Short Creek Township’s history

What year was Short Creek Township founded?

The Short Creek Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (4), 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.