History · Madison

Madison’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Madison. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1historic places
5recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 895 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 987 to 895 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Madison 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.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1894Atlas of Williams County, Ohio - from county re…Map
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Madison

1 place in Madison is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Ohioby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1976first listedKunkle Log House

Where they are

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Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (6) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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