History · Beaver

Beaver’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Beaver. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
3recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 755 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 767 people in 2010, 755 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1995.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beaver 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver’s history is told.

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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Beaver is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Beaver has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery in Marion, 4.8 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Samuel Danford Farm, Church and Cemetery’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Beaver?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Beaver’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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