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Clover Ridge woods with pasture and pondPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Washington Township

Half of Washington Township’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Washington Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Washington Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Washington Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Washington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Ring's Mills
1828–1859
Armstrong's Mills
1840–1986
Alled0nia
1879–today
Crabapple
1880–1912
Hendershot
1881–1907
Dorset
1887–1919
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlledoniaArmstrongs MillsClover HillCrabappleDorseyHogsink
Gone or out of use
Dorsey Post Officepost officePowhatan Number 6 Minemine
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Washington Township
ArmstrongsGrandviewPerkinsPugh

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

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Start Washington Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Washington 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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The story so far

Washington Township, in brief

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

Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 505 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 517 to 505 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Washington Township, 1828 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Ring's Mills post office opens
  3. 1829Born hereLorenzo Danford is born here
  4. 1840Post officeThe Armstrong's Mills post office opens
  5. 1859Post officeThe Ring's Mills post office closes
  6. 1879Post officeThe Alled0nia post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1986Post officeThe Armstrong's Mills post office closes
By decade

Washington Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Grandview Christian Church from southwest2015Grandview Christian Church from southwestClover Ridge woods with pasture and pond2015Clover Ridge woods with pasture and pondMap of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Belmont County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Alledonia2007OHMap-doton-Alledonia
On the map

Washington Township on the map, 1960 to 1984

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

Washington Township on the 1960 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1972 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1984 USGS map1960Armstrongs Mills sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Washington Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Smith Township1 historic placeB+Wayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYork TownshipIts storyB−Sunsbury TownshipIts storyB−Mead 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 (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.