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History · Ashtabula Township

Ashtabula Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Ashtabula Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Its Register listing is the Alderman School District No. 78. Its Register listing is the Alderman School District No. 78.

1882first post office
1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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How Ashtabula Township began

When was Ashtabula Township founded?

1882

The Ashtabula Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Ashtabula (1882) and Logan (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 142144 years
Founding year: the first Ashtabula Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Ashtabula Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Alderman School District No. 78
Alderman School District No. 78
Buildings
All 1 listings
Alderman School District No. 78Building · listed 2013

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ashtabula
1882–1913
Logan
1884–1886
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ashtabula

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Grand Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSibley Trail Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRogers TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGetchell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDazey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ashtabula Township’s history

What year was Ashtabula Township founded?

The Ashtabula Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ashtabula Township?

One place: the Alderman School District No. 78 (listed 2013).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.