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History · Wayne Township

Half of Wayne Township’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Wayne Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1905 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wayne 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 Wayne Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wayne Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Wayne Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Pilcher
1840–1907
Hunter
1850–1907
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HunterNew Castle
Gone or out of use
Century MinemineHunter Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wayne Township
HunterMount HorebPleasant Ridge

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

On the map

Wayne Township on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Wayne Township on the 1905 USGS mapWayne Township on the 1961 USGS mapWayne Township on the 1975 USGS mapWayne Township on the 1994 USGS map1905Woodsfield sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Wayne Township, in brief

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

Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 703 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 709 in 2010, 703 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Wayne Township, 1840 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Pilcher post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Hunter post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1907Post officeThe Pilcher post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Hunter post office closes
By decade

Wayne Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Switzerland of Ohio Country Club from SR 262016Switzerland of Ohio Country Club from SR 26Map of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting Wayne Township2015Map of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting Wayne TownshipMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Wayne Township

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

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Elisha GrayAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1835
Isaac ParkerAmerican politician · b. 1838
Nathan B. ScottUnion Army soldier · b. 1842
Mary MauriceAmerican actress · b. 1844
William Crittenden MooneyAmerican politician, Ohio · b. 1855
David HollingsworthAmerican politician · b. 1844
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSomerset TownshipIts storyCGoshen Township3 historic placesA+Malaga 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 (2), 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.