History · Tully

Tully’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Tully. 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

Tully Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,013 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,054 people in 2010, 2,013 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1958.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tully 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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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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Tully is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tully has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Convoy Opera House-City Hall-Firehouse Building in Convoy, 2.8 miles away.

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. Convoy Opera House-City Hall-Firehouse Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Tully?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Tully’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

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