Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Switzerland Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Switzerland Township

12% of Switzerland Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and Barn.

1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Switzerland 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 Switzerland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Switzerland Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Switzerland Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share 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.

Bingham
1868–1902
Switzer
1881–1908
Dwight
1897–1905
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BinghamDwightSwitzer
Gone or out of use
Bingham Post Officepost officeDwight Post Officepost officeSwitzer Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Switzerland Township
BethelGrandviewRubleSaint Johns

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

The story so far

Switzerland Township, in brief

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

Switzerland Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 462.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 462 in 2010, 462 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Switzerland Township, 1868 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Bingham post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Switzer post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Dwight post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Bingham post office closes
  7. 1905Post officeThe Dwight post office closes
  8. 1908Post officeThe Switzer post office closes
By decade

Switzerland Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Monroe County Ohio HighlightingMapKindleberger House2010Kindleberger House
On the National Register

1 historic place in Switzerland Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and Barn
Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and Barn
Buildings
Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and BarnBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Switzerland Township

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

See all →
Brad PaisleyAmerican country musician · b. 1972
Shelley Moore CapitoUnited States Senator from West Virginia · b. 1953
John MurthaAmerican politician from the U.S. state of Penn… · b. 1932
F
Frank De VolAmerican composer and arranger · b. 1911
G
George BrettMajor League Baseball third baseman · b. 1953
D
Davis GrubbNovelist, short story writer · b. 1919
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Salem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSunsbury TownshipIts storyB−York TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Switzerland Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Switzerland Township?

One place: the Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and Barn (listed 1980).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.