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Elijah York Road farmsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · York Township

25% of York Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about York 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 York Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how York Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

York Township, in brief

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

York Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 564 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 503 to 564 (+12%).

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

Timeline

York Township, 1850 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Brock post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Brock post office closes
  5. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

York Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
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On the map

York Township on the map, 1961 to 1986

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

York Township on the 1961 USGS mapYork Township on the 1986 USGS map1961North Star 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 York Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to York Township

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

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Bob BrownAmerican basketball player · b. 1923
Jeff HartingsAmerican football player · b. 1972
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Evaline NessAmerican illustrator and children's writer · b. 1911
Fred AbbottMLB catcher · b. 1874
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Jim LacheyAmerican football player · b. 1963
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Curtis EnisAmerican football player · b. 1975
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Brock
Gone or out of use
Brock Post Officepost officeLyons Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside York Township
BrockBrockKershnerScheidler

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.

Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrown Township1 historic placeA−Wabash Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne Township4 historic placesAPatterson Township1 historic placeA

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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.