Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1840.
The Attica post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1833.
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 Attica’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Attica. 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 Attica.
From Wikipedia’s history of Attica.
Attica was named after Attica, New York, the hometown of a pioneer settler.
One of the first women to die in World War I, Clara Ayres, is buried in the local cemetery. An Ohio Historical Marker has been placed in the cemetery to commemorate her.
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Passages that mention Attica, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The Columbus and Sanduskj' pike road runs diagonally through the township fi'om Attica Station, a mile north of the old village of Attica, through Caroline to Carrothers. The petition of Ezra Gilbert, presented to the county board in November. 1828, prayed for the establishment of a road beginning at the town line, two and one-half miles west of Attica, and running south Ineast so as to intersect the New Haven road, three and one half miles east of Attica, near the line of Huron County. The petition was granted, the line was at once smweyed by David Risdon. and cut through or nnderbmshed by
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This new settlement gives promise of forming a part of the town of Attica in the near future. Already a number of pleasant homes and many beautiful residences extend along the main street of Attica, south from the station and north fi'om the town, leaving about a mile of vacant space. F. M. Kelley was appointed postmaster here, and held the office until September, 1 885, when J.
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Cornelius Gilmore was the tirst settler and lii'st blacksmith in Venice Township, having settled here in June, 1827. where O. J. McPherson's house now' stands, on the south bank of Honey Creek. About 1882 Mr. Gilmore removed the Caroline postoffice, when a new office was established at Attica .... The tii-st road in the township, from a point two and a half miles west of Attica to the Hiu-on County line, was cut through in November, 1828. by Ezra Gilliert, Johnson Ford and Samuel Halsted. and a year later Ezra Gilbert erected his cabin where the Ford & Stranler hardware store of Attica's later days stands.
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crossing of the Tiffin and Sandusky roads, was selected in 1833 by William and Samuel Miller, and surveyed for them by David Kisdon. Fouryears prior to this time Ezra Gilbert built a cabin in the center of what is now the village of Attica, where he kept a tavern and established a postoffice, winning for it from the department the name of his old home, Attica, N. Y. Thus the Millers had not to go to the trouble of selecting a name for their new town in the wilderness. Nathan Merriman's store was also established here, and within five years from the day of Gilbert's settlement the place grew fi*om outlog-
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 hereEarl Cory Michener is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyBetween 100 and 1,005 people in every census since 1840.
17 censuses, 1840–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Attica’s Wikipedia page.
The Attica post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1833.
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 →
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