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History · Stock Township

49% of Stock Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stock 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 Stock Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Stock Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Stock Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stock Township’s history is told.

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

Stock Township had its own post office from 1829 to 1844. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Stock Township
1829–1844
Laceyville
1850–1907
Smithdale
1894–1907
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Baltzell Trailer CourtLaceyvillePleasant ValleySmithdale
Gone or out of use
Laceyville Post Officepost officeSmithdale Post Officepost officeTappan Airparkairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stock Township
DeersvillePleasant Valley

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

The story so far

Stock Township, in brief

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

Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 439 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 478 to 439 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Stock Township, 1829 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Stock Township post office opens
  3. 1844Post officeThe Stock Township post office closes
  4. 1850Post officeThe Laceyville post office opens
  5. 1894Post officeThe Smithdale post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Laceyville post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Smithdale post office closes
By decade

Stock Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Harrison County Ohio HighlightingMapQuilt barn stock tp harrison co Ohio2010Quilt barn stock tp harrison co Ohio
Famous people

Famous people close to Stock Township

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

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Gordon H. BowerAmerican psychologist · b. 1932
Marie WalcampSilent film actress · b. 1894
D
Doc BundyAmerican race car driver · b. 1946
John WelchAmerican politician · b. 1805
H
Harry HazlettU.S. Army officer · b. 1884
C
Cal VasbinderAmerican baseball player · b. 1880
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Archer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNottingham Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth TownshipIts storyBFranklin Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeersville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCadiz Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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), 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.