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

Groton Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,379.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,427 to 1,379 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Groton 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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Groton, 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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Today3 photos
Map of Erie County Ohio Highlighting Groton TownshipMapMap of Erie County Ohio Highlighting Groton Township2015Fields and woods in Groton TownshipCommonsFields and woods in Groton Township2008Groton ErieCommonsGroton Erie2006
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Groton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Groton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John Wright Mansion in Lyme, 3.3 miles away.

Groton and the nearest listed places

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John Wright MansionTremont HouseSpacecraft Propulsion Research FacilityCastalia Trout ClubSeth Brown HouseZion Episcopal Church

Closest to Groton

John Wright MansionLyme · Building3.3miTremont HouseBellevue · Greek Revival4.9miSpacecraft Propulsion Research FacilityPerkins · Built 19685.7miCastalia Trout ClubMargaretta · District5.7miSeth Brown HouseRidgefield · Building6.6mi

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. John Wright Mansion’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Groton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Groton’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
📜 Oxford📜 Bellevue📜 Castalia📜 Lyme

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