Its Register listings are the John Herrington House and Herrington Bethel Church and the Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead. Below: maps from 1910 on.
The Augusta Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Pattersonvillie (1890) and Specht (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,531198 years
How historic is Augusta Township?
A
More historic than 91% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Augusta Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Augusta Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Augusta Township is more historic than 91% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Augusta 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 Augusta Township’s 42.8 sits above most of its state (87% 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 A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±16.6 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 Augusta Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Augusta
1828–today
Pattersonvillie
1890–1957
Specht
1890–1907
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AugustaPattersonvilleSpechtWatheys
Gone or out of use
Dewey Hall SchoolschoolEnterprise SchoolschoolEureka SchoolschoolFriends ChurchchurchMuddy Fork SchoolschoolPattersonville Post Officepost officeSpecht Post Officepost office
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Augusta Township
AugustaBirdCrawfordHerrington BethelMooreMount ZionQuaker ChurchStill Fork ChurchStill Fork Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Augusta Township on the map, 1910 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Augusta Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1910Carrollton 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 Augusta Township.
The story so far
Augusta Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Augusta Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Augusta is an unincorporated community in eastern Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44607. It lies along State Route 9. The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,619 to 1,531 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Augusta Township, 1828 to 1957
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Augusta Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Augusta Township rank for history?
Augusta Township is more historic than 91% 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.
What is on the National Register in Augusta Township?
Two places: the John Herrington House and Herrington Bethel Church (listed 1983) and the Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead (1995).
How old are the homes in Augusta Township?
25% of Augusta Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±16.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1971.
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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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