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The story

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Lee Township was formed in 1869 from parts of Ohio, Green and Jackson Townships. It was authorized by an act of the General Assembly on February 10, 1869, making it the only township in Monroe County to have been organized by action taken by the Ohio Legislature.

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Before
2000
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Today2 photos
Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Lee TownshipMapMap of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Lee Township2015OHMap-doton-SardisCommonsOHMap-doton-Sardis2007
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lee is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Salem Church in Ohio, 1.7 miles away.

Lee and the nearest listed places

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Salem ChurchNew Martinsville Downtown Historic DistrictWar Memorial BuildingNorth Street Historic DistrictSistersville Historic DistrictSistersville City Hall

Closest to Lee

Salem ChurchOhio · Building1.7miNew Martinsville Downtown Historic DistrictNew Martinsville · Victorian Romanesque3.6miWar Memorial BuildingNew Martinsville · Building3.6miNorth Street Historic DistrictNew Martinsville · Colonial Revival3.8miSistersville Historic DistrictSistersville · Academic Italianate6.4mi

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. Salem Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lee?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lee’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
📜 Paden City📜 New Martinsville📜 Ohio📜 Green

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