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History · Walnut Township

Half of Walnut Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Walnut Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Walnut Township’s past

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

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Walnut Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Walnut Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds18 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walnut Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Flag Spring
1839–1879
McDaniel
1852–1905
Walnut Ridge
1857–1869
Olive
1863–1884
Sandfork
1866–1906
Sprinkles Mills
1872–1886
Cadmus
1886–1908
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BoggsCadmusFlag SpringMcDaniel CrossroadSand Fork
Gone or out of use
Cadmus High SchoolschoolCadmus Post Officepost officeSandfork Post Officepost office
18cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walnut Township
BethesdaClarkDrummondFairviewFlag SpringGerman RidgeJacksonMcDanielMount ZionNealOld Walnut RidgeOliveSandforkSaundersWalnut RidgeWaterlooWebsterWiseman

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

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The story so far

Walnut Township, in brief

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

Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,021.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 960 to 1,021 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Walnut Township, 1839 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Flag Spring post office opens
  3. 1852Post officeThe McDaniel post office opens
  4. 1857Post officeThe Walnut Ridge post office opens
  5. 1869Post officeThe Walnut Ridge post office closes
  6. 1879Post officeThe Flag Spring post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1905Post officeThe McDaniel post office closes
  9. 1918Born hereBeryl Drummond is born here
By decade

Walnut Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
German Ridge St. Martin's Lutheran2016German Ridge St. Martin's LutheranFlag Springs Community Church2016Flag Springs Community ChurchMap of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Gallia County Ohio HighlightingMap
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Perry Township1 historic placeC+Symmes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMason 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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.