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Taylor’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Taylor. 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

Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,516 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,560 to 1,516 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Taylor 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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Taylor, 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
Broadway, 347 at CenterCommonsBroadway, 347 at Center2015Map of Union County Ohio Highlighting Taylor TownshipMapMap of Union County Ohio Highlighting Taylor Township2015OHMap-doton-BroadwayCommonsOHMap-doton-Broadway2007
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Taylor is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Taylor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Oakdale Cemetery Historic District in Marysville, 5.9 miles away.

Taylor and the nearest listed places

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Oakdale Cemetery Historic DistrictMarysville Light and Water Company PlantMarysville Historic DistrictDr. David W. Henderson HousePartridge, Reuben L. HouseHarmon Building-Ohio Reformatory for Women

Closest to Taylor

Oakdale Cemetery Historic DistrictMarysville · District5.9miMarysville Light and Water Company PlantMarysville · Building6.1miMarysville Historic DistrictMarysville · District6.5miDr. David W. Henderson HouseMarysville · Built 18846.5miPartridge, Reuben L. HouseMarysville · Building6.6mi

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. Oakdale Cemetery Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Taylor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Taylor’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
📜 Leesburg📜 Liberty📜 Paris📜 York

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