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Green’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Green. 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

Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,632 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,652 people in 2010, 3,632 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Green 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 Green’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Green

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John M. PattisonJohn M. PattisonOwensville · 13 miIsaac N. MorrisIsaac N. MorrisBethel · 12 miRandolph Sinks FosterRandolph Sinks FosterWilliamsburg · 8 miReader W. ClarkeReader W. ClarkeBethel · 12 miRLRobert Todd LytleWilliamsburg · 8 miUlysses S. Grant, Jr.Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.Bethel · 12 mi
By decade

Green, 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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Today2 photos
Union Plains United Baptist ChurchCommonsUnion Plains United Baptist Church2016Map of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Green TownshipMapMap of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Green Township2015
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Green is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Green has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hirons-Brown House in Clay, 2.2 miles away.

Green and the nearest listed places

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Hirons-Brown HouseMount Orab StationMcKever, Lewis, FarmhouseWilliams HouseThumann Log HouseHarmony Hill Dairy House

Closest to Green

Hirons-Brown HouseClay · Greek Revival2.2miMount Orab StationMount Orab · Building3.3miMcKever, Lewis, FarmhouseWilliamsburg · Building7.1miWilliams HouseWilliamsburg · Greek Revival8miThumann Log HousePerry · Building8mi

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. Hirons-Brown House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Green?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Green’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
📜 Mount Orab📜 Clay📜 Sterling📜 Pike

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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