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History · Berlin

Berlin’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Berlin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 9,344.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,498 to 9,344 (+44%). Half of its homes were built before 2007.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Berlin 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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Berlin, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 photos
Decorative ears of dried corn at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berli…LOCDecorative ears of dried corn at Hershberger's Farm and Bak…2016Cow, close up, at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Oh…LOCCow, close up, at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly …2016Fall display at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Ohio…LOCFall display at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly ex…2016Berlin Township hall on Cheshire RoadCommonsBerlin Township hall on Cheshire Road2016Berlin Township Fire DepartmentCommonsBerlin Township Fire Department2016Map of Delaware County Ohio Highlighting Berlin TownshipMapMap of Delaware County Ohio Highlighting Berlin Township2015
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Berlin is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Berlin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Limestone Vale in Liberty, 4 miles away.

Berlin and the nearest listed places

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Limestone ValeCrist Tavern Annex-Millworkers Boarding HouseStratford Methodist Episcopal ChurchForrest Meeker House and FarmMill Worker House No. 1Mill Worker House No. 3

Closest to Berlin

Limestone ValeLiberty · Building4miCrist Tavern Annex-Millworkers Boarding HouseDelaware · Building4.2miStratford Methodist Episcopal ChurchDelaware · Building4.2miForrest Meeker House and FarmDelaware · Building4.2miMill Worker House No. 1Delaware · Building4.2mi

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. Limestone Vale’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Berlin?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Berlin’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
📜 Delaware📜 Berkshire📜 Orange📜 Brown

From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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