The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusJackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 446 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 469 to 446 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson 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 Jackson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Jackson, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Jackson
Jackson has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 12 historic buildings, because Spring Grove Cemetery alone counts 12. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were 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 (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.