The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHale Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,537.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,590 to 1,537 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hale 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.
Start Hale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hale’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hale, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Hale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mount Victory Historic District in Mount Victory, 0.5 miles away.
Hale and the nearest listed places
Closest to Hale
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories 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.