Its Register listings are the Eliphalet Austin House, the L. W. Peck House and the Congregational Church Of Austinburg. Below: maps from 1960 on and old-book passages.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1804.
History grade
What drives Austinburg Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Austinburg Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Austinburg 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 Austinburg Township’s 16.4 sits above most of its state (79% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 (±8.0 points). Two sources give 1800.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Austinburg Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Austinburg Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Austinburg is a census-designated place in northern Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 45 and 307. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 505, out of a total population of 2,197 in Austinburg Township. Austinburg was laid out ca. 1800 by Judge Eliphalet Austin, and named for him. Austinburg is home to a large white wooden rocking chair, measuring approximately 25 feet tall.
Austinburg Township was established in 1800. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,197 in 2010, 2,240 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Austinburg Township in 1924
Passages that mention Austinburg Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Ashtabula County Ohio1924 · page 242Read the page →
Read the text
It is a matter of no little interest, historically, that the village of Eagleville at one time came within one vote of putting the county seat in Austinburg Township, instead of Jefferson. The two towns, Eagleville and Jefferson, were being considered, and a sharp controversy was waged as to which should have the honor of being the county’s seat of authority and possess the forthcoming court house. When it came to a settlement of the question, it was done through a vote of the authorities the matter had been left, and the vote was tied, leaving the deciding ballot to be cast
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Austinburg Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1960Ashtabula South sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Austinburg Township.
On the National Register
3 historic places in Austinburg Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
In 1800, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Austinburg Township’s post office opened in 1804.
How does Austinburg Township rank for history?
Austinburg Township is more historic than 90% 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 Austinburg Township?
Three places: the Eliphalet Austin House (listed 1975), the L. W. Peck House (1976) and the Congregational Church Of Austinburg (1978).
How old are the homes in Austinburg Township?
28% of Austinburg Township’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 1963.
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 (9), the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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