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History · Washington Township

38% of Washington Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Washington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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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 fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 640.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 638 in 2010, 640 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Washington Township, 1837 to 1841

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Norrisville post office opens
  3. 1841Post officeThe Norrisville post office closes
  4. 1841Post officeThe Tippecanoe post office opens
By decade

Washington Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Harrison County Ohio HighlightingMapClendening Lake2009Clendening LakeOHMap-doton-Tippecanoe2007OHMap-doton-Tippecanoe
Famous people

Famous people close to Washington Township

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

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Cody GarbrandtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1991
Marie WalcampSilent film actress · b. 1894
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Harry McClintockAmerican musician · b. 1882
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Harry HazlettU.S. Army officer · b. 1884
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Florence Wolf GottholdAmerican painter · b. 1858
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Bill LattoAmerican football coach · b. 1897
Places that used to be

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

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

Norrisville
1837–1841
Tippecanoe
1841–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tippecanoe
Gone or out of use
Crooked Creek MinemineFriendly Ridge SchoolschoolMays SchoolschoolTippecanoe Minemine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Washington Township
JenkinsMayes

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.

Rush TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreeport Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNottingham Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin Township1 historic placenot 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), 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.