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History · Apple Creek

Apple Creek’s post office opened in 1832, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: old-book passages.

1832first post office
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0
Quick answers

How Apple Creek began

When was Apple Creek founded?

1832

The Apple Creek post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,188194 years

How historic is Apple Creek?

B+

More historic than 66% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Apple Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Apple Creek’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Apple Creek is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Apple Creek’s overall grade.
Founding era1832, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194025.4% of homes (±8.0) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 66%
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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 Apple Creek’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

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 →

What stands out about Apple Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Apple Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of Apple Creek.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Apple Creek’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Apple Creek, 1832 to 1953

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Apple Creek post office opens
  3. 1837Born hereWilliam James Knight is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1950Born hereJack L. Davis is born here
  6. 1953Born hereRobert X. Cringely is born here
The story so far

Apple Creek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Apple Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Apple Creek is a village in East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,188 at the 2020 census. The village takes its name from nearby Apple Creek. Apple Creek has been home to a large Old Order Amish community since the mid-1800s.

Its first post office opened in 1832. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,173 in 2010, 1,188 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Apple Creek in 1910

Passages that mention Apple Creek, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Saurer, who is located in the attractive and prosperous town of Apple Creek and who is known as one of the native sons of the county and a member of one of the sterling pioneer families of this section of the old Buckeye state.
History of Wayne County, Ohio1910 · page 826Read the page →
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Saurer, who is located in the attractive and prosperous town of Apple Creek and who is known as one of the native sons of the county and a member of one of the sterling pioneer families of this section of the old Buckeye state.

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Apple Creek Station, East Union township, April ii, 1854. Austen, “Hamlet, " Plain township, December 7, 1894. Burbank (Bridgeport), Canaan township, December 3, 1868.
History of Wayne County, Ohio1910 · page 404Read the page →
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Apple Creek Station, East Union township, April ii, 1854. Austen, “Hamlet, " Plain township, December 7, 1894. Burbank (Bridgeport), Canaan township, December 3, 1868.

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.

By decade

Apple Creek, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Map of Wayne County Ohio Highlighting Apple Creek Village2015Map of Wayne County Ohio Highlighting Apple Creek Vil…MapAppleCreekOH2008AppleCreekOHOHMap-doton-Apple Creek2004OHMap-doton-Apple Creek
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Apple Creek

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Robert X. CringelyAmerican technology journalist and columnist · b. 1953
Jack L. DavisAmerican classical archaeologist · b. 1950
William James KnightAmerican soldier and a Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1837
Places that used to be

Old corners

Apple Creek’s post office has been open since 1832.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Edinburgh

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

Questions about Apple Creek’s history

What year was Apple Creek founded?

The Apple Creek post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Apple Creek rank for history?

Apple Creek is more historic than 66% 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.

How old are the homes in Apple Creek?

25% of Apple Creek’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1976.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.