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History · Washington Township

12% of Washington Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Byer Covered Bridge.

1on the National Register
12%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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Washington Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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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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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.

Byers Station
1871–1882
Byer
1882–1957
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ByerGlen NellLesmil
Gone or out of use
Byer Post Officepost officeClayton SchoolschoolParker SchoolschoolPrimrose SchoolschoolSand Run SchoolschoolTripp Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Washington Township
ByersCalvaryFranklinRayTripp

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

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 twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 796 people lived in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 782 in 2010, 796 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Washington Township, 1871 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Byers Station post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Byers Station post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Byer post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1957Post officeThe Byer post office closes
By decade

Washington Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Jackson County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Jackson County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Byer2007OHMap-doton-Byer
On the National Register

1 historic place in Washington Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Byer Covered Bridge
Byer Covered Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Smith Truss1
Byer Covered BridgeSmith Truss

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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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Fred Olen RayAmerican filmmaker · b. 1954
Isham JonesAmerican bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and s… · b. 1894
Jim RhodesAmerican politician · b. 1909
Horatio C. ClaypoolAmerican politician · b. 1859
Jacob E. DavisAmerican politician · b. 1905
Pete AbelePolitician · b. 1916
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Coal Township1 historic placeBRichland Township1 historic placeBWellston3 historic placesB+Clinton TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Washington Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Washington Township?

One place: the Byer Covered Bridge (listed 1975).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (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.