Anderson Township dates to 1788, and 5 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns · #511 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Anderson Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1820.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1854.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Anderson Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Anderson Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #511 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Anderson Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Anderson Township’s 1.4 sits near the middle of its state (50% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1788.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 →
What stands out about Anderson Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Anderson Township
Anderson Township's earliest settlement came in 1788, when pioneer Benjamin Stites settled near the mouth of the Little Miami River. The treaty of Easton forbade entering Ohio. but because England had been run out in the Revolutionary War, the local natives did not know treaty was void. The township was organized in 1793 as part of the Virginia Military District and was bounded by the Ohio and Little Miami Rivers, and the mouth of the Eight Mile Creek to the east. The township was important during its early days as the site of Flinn's Ford, the southernmost crossing of the Little Miami River. Anderson Township remained mainly undeveloped forest and agricultural land until post-World War II suburbanization brought new infrastructure to the community. The population grew by an average of 1,000 persons per year from the 1950s through the early 1990s bringing massive residential and commerc…
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Anderson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1898East Cincinnati sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Anderson Township.
On the National Register
5 historic places in Anderson Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
In 1788, according to Wikidata. Anderson Township’s post office opened in 1854, and the census of 1820 counted 2,122 people here.
How does Anderson Township rank for history?
Anderson Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #511 of 993 in Ohio. 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.
What is on the National Register in Anderson Township?
5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Miller-Leuser Log House (listed 1974, the first). 6 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Anderson Township?
6% of Anderson Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.
