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History · York Township

52% of York Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s York Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of York Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19145 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1982. Watch York Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how York 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.

Auglaize
1843–1889
Buena
1866–1880
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buena VistaJonestownMacAdam
Gone or out of use
Auglaize SchoolschoolBevington SchoolschoolBuena Post Officepost officePainter SchoolschoolPugh SchoolschoolSchool Number 6school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside York Township
GoodwinVenedociaWallick

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

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 twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 768 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 728 to 768 (+5%).

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

Timeline

York Township, 1843 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe Auglaize post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Buena post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Buena post office closes
  5. 1889Post officeThe Auglaize post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

York Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
York Township soybean fields2015York Township soybean fieldsMap of Van Wert County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Van Wert County Ohio HighlightingMapSR 709 west of SR 1162013SR 709 west of SR 116York VanWert2006York VanWert
On the map

York Township on the map, 1914 to 1982

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 1914 USGS mapYork Township on the 1944 USGS mapYork Township on the 1960 USGS mapYork Township on the 1971 USGS mapYork Township on the 1982 USGS map1914Van Wert 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 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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Neely EdwardsActor · b. 1883
Earl WilsonAmerican journalist · b. 1907
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Leslie PeltierAmerican astronomer · b. 1900
Sabrina ScharfAmerican politician and actress · b. 1943
Kory LichtensteigerAmerican football player · b. 1985
Bill LangeAmerican football offensive lineman · b. 1928
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jennings TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storyBRidge Township1 historic placeAUnion 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 (4), 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.