History · Holmes

Holmes’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Holmes Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,246.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,339 to 1,246 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Holmes, decade by decade

Before
2000

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Today5 photos

CommonsCarolyn's Kitchen2016

CommonsHolmes Township farmsteads from US 302015

MapMap of Crawford County Ohio Highlighting Holmes Township2015

CommonsOHMap-doton-Brokensword2007

CommonsHolmes Crawford2006

Then & now

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Stories next door

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Holmes’s history ismostly unwritten