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History · Virginia Township

17% of Virginia Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Virginia 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 Virginia Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Virginia Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Virginia 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

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

New Moscow
1851–1905
Willowbrook
1875–1904
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
New MoscowWillowbrook
Gone or out of use
Brush SchoolschoolChestnut Grove SchoolschoolHoldsworth SchoolschoolNew Moscow Post Officepost officeWillowbrook Post Officepost officeWright Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Virginia Township
Adams MillsChristian ChapelCoxMcGeeMill Fork Baptist

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

The story so far

Virginia Township, in brief

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

Virginia Township is one of the 22 townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 563.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 596 to 563 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Virginia Township, 1851 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe New Moscow post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Willowbrook post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Willowbrook post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe New Moscow post office closes
By decade

Virginia Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Virginia Township

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

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Vesta WilliamsAmerican R&B singer · b. 1957
Benjamin Harrison EatonUnion Army officer · b. 1833
Bob BrenlyAmerican baseball player, manager, and commenta… · b. 1954
Cathy HorynAmerican fashion journalist · b. 1956
John W. CassinghamCoal Miner · b. 1840
William GreenAmerican trade union leader · b. 1873
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin TownshipIts storyB−Washington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storyC+Cass Township3 historic placesA

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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 (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.