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History · Taylor Creek Township

15% of Taylor Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Taylor Creek 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 Taylor Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Taylor Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1973. Watch Taylor Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylor Creek 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.

Hudsonville
1858–1862
Yelverton
1862–1910
Silvercreek
1864–1916
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Silver CreekYelverton
Gone or out of use
Derrs SchoolschoolHickory Grove SchoolschoolSilvercreek Post Officepost officeTaylor Creek SchoolschoolWildcat SchoolschoolYelverton Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Taylor Creek Township
BaileySiegSloan-Yelverton

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

On the map

Taylor Creek Township on the map, 1915 to 1973

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

Taylor Creek Township on the 1915 USGS mapTaylor Creek Township on the 1944 USGS mapTaylor Creek Township on the 1960 USGS mapTaylor Creek Township on the 1973 USGS map1915Kenton 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 Taylor Creek Township.

The story so far

Taylor Creek Township, in brief

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

Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 593.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 521 to 593 (+14%).

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

Timeline

Taylor Creek Township, 1858 to 1916

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Hudsonville post office opens
  3. 1862Post officeThe Hudsonville post office closes
  4. 1862Post officeThe Yelverton post office opens
  5. 1864Post officeThe Silvercreek post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1910Post officeThe Yelverton post office closes
  8. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1916Post officeThe Silvercreek post office closes
By decade

Taylor Creek Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Administration building for2015Administration building forMap of Hardin County Ohio highlighting2015Map of Hardin County Ohio highlightingMapTaylor Creek Township Hall2009Taylor Creek Township HallYelverton, Ohio2007Yelverton, OhioTaylor Creek Hardin2006Taylor Creek Hardin
Famous people

Famous people close to Taylor Creek Township

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

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Kin HubbardAmerican cartoonist · b. 1868
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Melville J. HerskovitsAmerican anthropologist · b. 1895
Ed RatleffAmerican basketball player · b. 1950
Sami CallihanAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1987
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Allyn Abbott YoungAmerican economist · b. 1876
Don OttenAmerican basketball player · b. 1921
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hale Township1 historic placeA−McDonald TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLynn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRushcreek TownshipIts storyB−Buck TownshipIts storyB

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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 (5), 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.