The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNorthwest Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,139 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,236 to 1,139 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Northwest 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 belowStart Northwest’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Northwest’s history is told.
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Northwest, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Northwest is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Northwest has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Free Church in York, 5 miles away.
Northwest and the nearest listed places
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 (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.