Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1880.
The Clermont post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clermont is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Clermont’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clermont’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Clermont.
The first post office at Clermont was established in 1831. Clermont was laid out in 1849, and was initially named "Mechanicsburg".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Clermont, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Allison Hight was a native of New Jersey, his birth having taken place near Hightstown and Trenton, in 1798, and his death, in November, 1873, in Clermont county, Ohio, at the home of Squire William Hight, the subject of this mention. Allison Hight was a shoemaker and gunsmith and at the age of eighteen years came to Clermont county, where he resided for many years. He was a sincere Christian, although not a
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William Huling came to Clermont county from New Jersey in 1803, traveling the distance by horseback, and on the way looking at many locations that might be suitable for a future home, but he was not entirely satisfied with all surroundings until he reached the county of Clermont. He kept a diary of the trip and could have settled on the site where Cincinnati is located. The interesting diary is still in the family. After finding a location that desired for a future home, William Hul-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clermont. 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 Clermont.
Between 205 and 1,678 people in every census since 1880.
13 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clermont’s Wikipedia page.
The Clermont post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Clermont is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
19% of Clermont’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1966.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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