Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1840.
Alexandria dates its founding to 1830 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1840.
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 Alexandria’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Alexandria.
Alexandria was laid out in 1830. The village played a role in the Underground Railroad, sheltering many escaped slaves on their way to freedom.
In 2018, village voters defeated a ballot issue to dissolve the village and become a part of St. Albans Township. The vote was 92% against the dissolution.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alexandria. 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 Alexandria.
Passages that mention Alexandria, cut from the printed page as they were published.
There are five houses of worship in the township, three located in Alexandria — the Methodist Episcopal, the Congregationalist and the Baptist On the road from Granville to Columbus, and two miles southeast of Alexandria, is located the house belonging to the Methodist Episcopal church, known as the Gaffield meeting-house, and three miles south of Alexandria, and on the township
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in St. Albans township June 6, 1831, and followed farming as a business until he was twenty-five years old; he then engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Alexandria, Ohio, continuing for the period of thirteen years. He received the appointment of superintendent of the infirmary February 1, 1880, and at once entered upon the duties of his office with the energy and devotion
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereWilliam Ernest Castle is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2017Village Office
2017Thomas Evans Bike Trail entrance
2016Alexandria United Methodist Church, front
2016Alexandria Public Library from Maple Drive
2016Alexandria Baptist Church from southeast
2016Alexander Devilbiss plaque in
2015Map of Licking County Ohio Highlighting Alexandria Vi…Map
2004OHMap-doton-AlexandriaBetween 200 and 588 people in every census since 1840.
19 censuses, 1840–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Alexandria’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
In 1830, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Alexandria’s post office opened in 1831, and the census of 1840 counted 200 people here.
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 (8), 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), 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.
