Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
11 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 8 buildings. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1931 on, and the census since 1880.
The Leipsic post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
From Wikipedia’s history of Leipsic.
A post office called Leipsic was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1902. The name is a variation of Leipzig, one of the largest cities in eastern Germany.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereWilliam Jackson Palmer is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveElevation of east side looking west - Captain Kenny Wright-Mary S. Reed House, Little Cre…
In the archiveYork Seat Farm, Route 9, Little Creek Vicinity2 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2022McClary House
2012SNOWLAND
2012SIPPLE HOUSE
2012REED HOUSE
2012RAWLEY HOUSE
2012Leipsic
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2004DEMap-doton-LeipsicEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Leipsic. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Leipsic.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Leipsic’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 178 and 407 people in every census since 1880.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Leipsic’s Wikipedia page.
Leipsic had its own post office from 1839 to 1902.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leipsic’s history is told.
The Leipsic post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
11 listings: 8 buildings, among them the Snowland (listed 1973, the first), 1 historic district, the Raymond Neck Historic District, with 8 contributing buildings, and 2 structures. 16 historic buildings in all.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (23), the National Register of Historic Places (11), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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