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History · Wilson Township

31% of Wilson Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wilson Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wilson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wilson Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The story so far

Wilson Township, in brief

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

Wilson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. It is the least populous township in Clinton County, with 505 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 505 in 2010, 505 in 2020.

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

By decade

Wilson Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Map of Clinton County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Clinton County Ohio HighlightingMapBloomingtonOhio22014BloomingtonOhio2BloomingtonOhio12014BloomingtonOhio1Beam Farm Woodland Archeological District2012Beam Farm Woodland Archeological District
Famous people

Famous people close to Wilson Township

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

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Norman Vincent PealeAmerican writer and minister · b. 1898
Gary BraddsAmerican basketball player · b. 1942
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

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bloomington
Gone or out of use
Burnstown SchoolschoolDakin Chapel SchoolschoolRiverside SchoolschoolUnion SchoolschoolWoodside Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wilson Township
BloomingtonCoulterGrassy RunThorpe

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.

Richland Township2 historic placesA−Liberty TownshipIts storyBJasper TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storyC−

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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 (4) 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.