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History · Tate Township

Tate Township dates to 1800, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 85% of U.S. towns · #230 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Its Register listings are the Salt House, the Winter, William, Stone House and the Bethel Methodist Church. Below: 9 old photos and papers, maps from 1931 on, and the census since 1810.

1800founded
3on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
9old photos & papers
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From Tate Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Tate Township began

When was Tate Township founded?

1800

Tate Township dates its founding to 1800 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1810.

First census: 9,965 in 18102020 census: 9,162226 years

How historic is Tate Township?

A

More historic than 85% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1815.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Tate Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tate Township is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns, #230 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tate Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1800, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194019.8% of homes (±5.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register3 listings, 8 historic buildings, 8.6 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 85%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 77%

Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tate Township’s 8.6 sits above most of its state (72% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 8 historic buildings outnumber those of 74% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1800.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.5 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Tate Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Tate Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1800: 226 years of Tate Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Bantam
1833–1942
Maple
1848–1905
Saltair
1878–1907
Wiggonsville
1879–1907
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BantamPinhookSaltairSouth BantamWiggonsville
Gone or out of use
Antibantam SchoolschoolAntioch SchoolschoolBantam Post Officepost officeCanter SchoolschoolCrane SchoolschoolMacedonia SchoolschoolMaple Post Officepost officeMount Olive SchoolschoolPoplar SchoolschoolRepublican SchoolschoolSaltair SchoolschoolSpring Grove SchoolschoolWiggonsville Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tate Township
BethelBrownOld BethelSugartree

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

Timeline

Tate Township, 1800 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1800
    FoundingTate Township is established
  3. 1833Post officeThe Bantam post office opens
  4. 1848Post officeThe Maple post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe Saltair post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Maple post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Saltair post office closes
  9. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1933In the archiveCENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bant…
  11. 1942Post officeThe Bantam post office closes
  12. 1970In the archiveBill Mussey 1970 East Fork Ground Breaking
The story

How Tate Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tate Township.

Read it all →

Clermont's name is borrowed from a prefecture in France notable as the home of Celtic leader Vercingetorix who led the unified Gallic resistance to Roman invasion. Clermont connotes "clear mountain," which describes the hills when viewed through the thick Ohio River fog. During the Age of Discovery, the French became the first recorded Europeans to see this land from the Ohio River, though Clermont's population dates to the Paleoindian, Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient cultures. The Gatch Site and other sites provide glimpses into what life was like for these people. The Shawnee, Miami, Lenape, Mingo, Odawa, Cherokee, and Wyandot each have or had a presence in Clermont.

ChaptersOrdinance and subsequent settlementUtopia, anarchist communeCivil War and post-war history

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Tate Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s8 items
CENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam, Clermont County, OH1933CENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Farm, Ohio State…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 0 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 0 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 2 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 2 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 3 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 3 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 4 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 4 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 5 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 5 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 6 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 6 of 7) - John Campbell R…HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 7 of 7) - John Campbell Residence, Mount Carmel Road, Mount Carmel, Clermont County, OH1933HABS OHIO,31- ,1- (sheet 7 of 7) - John Campbell R…
1940s–1960snothing 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.
Add from your album
1970s1 item
Bill Mussey 1970 East Fork Ground Breaking1970Bill Mussey 1970 East Fork Ground Breaking
1980s–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.
Add from your album
Today9 recent
Woods entrance2016Woods entranceWoods behind the house2016Woods behind the houseView from the sky2016View from the skySide view of the Estate2016Side view of the EstateGerard Estate2016Gerard EstateBack of estate2016Back of estateArchitectural sketch of Gerard Estate2016Architectural sketch of Gerard EstateSpringtime at Clepper Park2012Springtime at Clepper ParkBig Orange2012Big Orange
On the map

Tate Township on the map, 1931 to 1981

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

Tate Township on the 1931 USGS mapTate Township on the 1953 USGS mapTate Township on the 1968 USGS mapTate Township on the 1974 USGS mapTate Township on the 1981 USGS map1931Felicity 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 Tate 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.

CENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam, Clermont County, OH
Retake this viewCENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam, Clermont County, OH, 1933

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

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

3 historic places in Tate Township

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Salt House
Salt HouseWinter, William, Stone HouseBethel Methodist Church
Buildings
Salt HouseBuilding
Winter, William, Stone HouseBuilding
Bethel Methodist ChurchBuilding

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

People over time

Tate Township, census by census

020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000220,0001850190019502000208,601

Grew from 9,965 people in 1810 to 208,601 in 2020, more than tenfold.

22 censuses, 1810–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Tate Township’s Wikipedia page.

Help out

Finish Tate Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCENTER STAIRHALL - Pinkham House and Fa…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Williamsburg Township3 historic placesA−Monroe Township2 historic placesB+Batavia TownshipIts storyC+Franklin TownshipIts storyCWashington Township1 historic placeBClark TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Tate Township’s history

What year was Tate Township founded?

In 1800, according to Wikidata. Tate Township’s post office opened in 1815, and the census of 1810 counted 9,965 people here.

How does Tate Township rank for history?

Tate Township is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns, #230 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Tate Township?

Three places: the Salt House (listed 1976), the Winter, William, Stone House (1977) and the Bethel Methodist Church (1978).

How old are the homes in Tate Township?

20% of Tate Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1970.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.