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History · Washington Township

16% of Washington Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
16%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.

Lost villages6 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

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

Doylestown
1851–1851
Hamer
1857–1893
Timberville
1868–1895
Plumbs Cross Roads
1878–1892
Mandale
1892–1930
Roselms
1892–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East MandaleMandaleMuratPlumbs Cross RoadsRoselmsTimberville
Gone or out of use
Mandale Post Officepost officeRoselms Post Officepost officeTimberville Post Officepost officeTri-County Airportairport
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Washington Township
Auglaize ChapelBoutwellCarltonFoughtHertelMellingerMiddle CreekMiddle CreekWilsonYoung

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

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 Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 663 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 719 to 663 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Washington Township, 1851 to 1895

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Doylestown post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe Doylestown post office closes
  4. 1857Post officeThe Hamer post office opens
  5. 1868Post officeThe Timberville post office opens
  6. 1893Post officeThe Hamer post office closes
  7. 1895Post officeThe Timberville post office closes
By decade

Washington Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Washington Township north of Roselms2015Washington Township north of RoselmsMap of Paulding County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Paulding County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Roselms2008OHMap-doton-RoselmsOHMap-doton-Mandale2007OHMap-doton-MandaleWashington Paulding2006Washington Paulding
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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Edward Settle GodfreyUnited States Army officer and Indian Wars Meda… · b. 1843
Jesse B. JacksonUnited States Consul, witness of the Armenian G… · b. 1871
John Wesley HillAmerican minister, activist, and author · b. 1863
Julia Rice SeneyAmerican writer, newspaper editor, government a… · b. 1853
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Ken WeberAmerican writer · b. 1943
David AyersUnion Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1841
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Brown TownshipIts storyB−MelroseIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLatty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 (5), 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.