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History · Swan Township

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

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Swan 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 Swan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Swan Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Swan Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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

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

Siverly
1869–1898
Creola
1880–today
Orland
1881–1938
Hue
1882–1907
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CreolaHueMount PleasantOrlandSiverly
Gone or out of use
Ebenezer Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Swan Township
BethelCreolaEbenezerMount PleasantMount ZionProseWesley Chapel

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

The story so far

Swan Township, in brief

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

Swan Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 892 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 916 to 892 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Swan Township, 1869 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Siverly post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Creola post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Orland post office opens
  5. 1898Post officeThe Siverly post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1938Post officeThe Orland post office closes
By decade

Swan Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Cornelius Chapel in Creola2016Cornelius Chapel in CreolaMap of Vinton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Vinton County Ohio HighlightingMapI Love Riding my bike at Sunrise2010I Love Riding my bike at SunriseOHMap-doton-Creola2007OHMap-doton-Creola
Famous people

Famous people close to Swan Township

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

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Sarah Jessica ParkerAmerican actress · b. 1965
Curtis ScaparrottiUnited States Army General · b. 1956
Pamela S. SoltisAmerican botanist · b. 1957
Horatio C. ClaypoolAmerican politician · b. 1859
C
Charles Vernon CulverAmerican politician · b. 1830
D
David Sutherland HibbardAmerican academic · b. 1868
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Brown Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storyCBenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk 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 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.