Bath’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bath. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBath Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,399 people in the unincorporated parts of the township, outside the city of Lima.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 9,725 to 9,399 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bath yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Bath’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bath’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHopkins House (Entrance), Route 21: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bath, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hopkins House (Entrance), Route 21 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.