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History · Cascade Township

Cascade Township’s post office opened in 1850, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1930 on.

1850first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Cascade Township began

When was Cascade Township founded?

1850

The Cascade Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Cascade (1850), Kellyburg (1866) and Wallis Run (1866), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 422176 years
Founding year: the first Cascade Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cascade 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 Cascade Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cascade Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cascade Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Cascade
1850–1850
Kellyburg
1866–1935
Wallis Run
1866–1922
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KellyburgWallis Run
1cemetery inside Cascade Township
Assumption Catholic

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

The story

How Cascade Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cascade Township.

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Cascade Township was formed from parts of Hepburn and Plunketts Creek townships on August 9, 1843. It is named for the series of waterfalls or cascades that are abundant in the many mountain streams of Cascade Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cascade Township, 1850 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Cascade post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Cascade post office closes
  4. 1866Post officeThe Kellyburg post office opens
  5. 1866Post officeThe Wallis Run post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1922Post officeThe Wallis Run post office closes
  8. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1935Post officeThe Kellyburg post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Cascade Township on the map, 1930 to 1973

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

Cascade Township on the 1930 USGS mapCascade Township on the 1953 USGS mapCascade Township on the 1965 USGS mapCascade Township on the 1973 USGS map1930Warrensville 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 Cascade Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cascade Township

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

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Johnny BentAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1908
Garth EverettAmerican politician · b. 1954
Dick BarrettAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
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Garland GrangePlayer of American football · b. 1906
John Gosse FreezePennsylvanian lawyer and writer · b. 1825
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John SchaarPolitical Theorist and Teacher · b. 1928
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

McIntyre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcNett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGamble TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlunketts Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLewis Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cascade Township’s history

What year was Cascade Township founded?

The Cascade Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.