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Pike’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pike. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pike Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,818 people in the township, 3,069 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,961 to 3,818 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pike 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.

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Pike, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 photos
Cook Century Farms BarnCommonsCook Century Farms Barn2015Map of Stark County Ohio Highlighting Pike TownshipMapMap of Stark County Ohio Highlighting Pike Township2015Pike Township, Stark County HSCommonsPike Township, Stark County HS2011
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Pike is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pike has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Town Pump of East Sparta, The in East Sparta, 1.8 miles away.

Pike and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Pike. Tap a dot.
Town Pump of East Sparta, TheSeven Ranges TerminusJohn Lebol House, Smokehouse and SpringhouseElson-Magnolia Flour MillE.D. Fisher HouseFort Laurens Site

Closest to Pike

Town Pump of East Sparta, TheEast Sparta · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19211.8miSeven Ranges TerminusSandy · Built 17863.8miJohn Lebol House, Smokehouse and SpringhouseLawrence · Building4.6miElson-Magnolia Flour MillMagnolia · Italianate · Built 18344.6miE.D. Fisher HouseBolivar · Building5.1mi

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. Town Pump of East Sparta, The’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pike?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pike’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
📜 East Sparta📜 Sandy📜 Bolivar📜 Canton

From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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