Center’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Center. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCenter Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census there were 4,428 people living in the township, 1,341 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,664 to 4,428 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1965.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Center 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Center’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Center’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCenter Township Carroll County Oh…, 1894: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Center, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Center Township Carroll County Ohio 1894 (1894) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.