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History · Wayne Township

44% of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

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 villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wayne Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne 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

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

Rich Fork
1861–1861
Edwina
1863–1907
Hartshorn
1886–1905
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EdwinaHartshornHilltop
Gone or out of use
Edwina Post Officepost officeHartshorn Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wayne Township
BarberConners RidgeDrumHartshorn RidgeSloan

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

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 eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 336.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 362 to 336 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Wayne Township, 1861 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Rich Fork post office opens
  3. 1861Post officeThe Rich Fork post office closes
  4. 1863Post officeThe Edwina post office opens
  5. 1886Post officeThe Hartshorn post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Hartshorn post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Edwina post office closes
  9. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Wayne Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Conner Ridge Methodist Church2016Conner Ridge Methodist ChurchMap of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Wayne Township2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Wayne TownshipMap
On the map

Wayne Township on the map, 1960 to 2002

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 1960 USGS mapWayne Township on the 1972 USGS mapWayne Township on the 1994 USGS mapWayne Township on the 2002 USGS map1960Graysville sheet · 1:24,000

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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Center Township6 historic placesASummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry Township1 historic placenot 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 (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.