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History · Wayne Township

34% of Wayne Township’s homes were 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.Old housesHalf of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne Township’s history is told.

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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 thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 700.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 716 to 700 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Wayne Township, 1819 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Lees Creek post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Memphis post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Memphis post office closes
By decade

Wayne Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Map of Clinton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Clinton County Ohio HighlightingMapOHMap-doton-Lees Creek2007OHMap-doton-Lees Creek
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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Norman Vincent PealeAmerican writer and minister · b. 1898
James BushAmerican actor · b. 1907
Margaret Peterson HaddixAmerican author · b. 1964
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Richard BrandtAmerican philosopher · b. 1910
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Stephanie HodgeAmerican actress · b. 1956
Brian AglerAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1958
Places that used to be

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

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

Lees Creek
1819–today
Memphis
1866–1902
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lees CreekMemphis
Gone or out of use
Memphis Post Officepost office
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wayne Township
CanneyCentervilleEvansGarfaceJeffLuttrellRichlandTexas

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.

Green TownshipIts storyB−Richland Township2 historic placesA−Fairfield 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), 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.