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History · Union Township

47% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Union 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 Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Union Township’s homes were built before 1944.On the map since 19144 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1971. Watch Union Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Union Township, in brief

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

Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 946 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 942 in 2010, 946 in 2020.

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

On the map

Union Township on the map, 1914 to 1971

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

Union Township on the 1914 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1944 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1960 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1971 USGS map1914Van Wert 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 Union Township.

Timeline

Union Township, 1881 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Cavett post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1918Post officeThe Cavett post office closes
By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Convoy Road near 302015Convoy Road near 30Map of Van Wert County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Van Wert County Ohio HighlightingMapUnion VanWert2006Union VanWert
Famous people

Famous people close to Union Township

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

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Kory LichtensteigerAmerican football player · b. 1985
John Randolph SpearsAmerican writer · b. 1850
Walter HintonAmerican aviator · b. 1888
John William LambertAutomobile Manufacturer · b. 1860
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David Humphreys MillerAmerican painter · b. 1918
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Harry L. ConnOhio Jurist · b. 1867
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Cavett, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cavett
Gone or out of use
Cavett Post Officepost officeMcClure SchoolschoolSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 5schoolSchool Number 6schoolSchool Number 7schoolSchool Number 9schoolScott Quarrymine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
OaklandTaylor

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pleasant Township4 historic placesA+Tully Township1 historic placeB+Blue Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoaglin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (3), 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.