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History · Bailey Lakes

14% of Bailey Lakes’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bailey Lakes’ 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 Bailey Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1972. Watch Bailey Lakes change.Old housesHalf of Bailey Lakes’ homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bailey Lakes’s history is told.

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On the map

Bailey Lakes on the map, 1908 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bailey Lakes. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bailey Lakes on the 1908 USGS mapBailey Lakes on the 1961 USGS mapBailey Lakes on the 1972 USGS map1908Ashland 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 Bailey Lakes.

The story so far

Bailey Lakes, in brief

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

Bailey Lakes is a village in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 349 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 371 to 349 (-6%).

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

By decade

Bailey Lakes, decade by decade

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People over time

Bailey Lakes, census by census

0100200300400198020002020Peak: 397

Between 349 and 397 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bailey Lakes’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bailey Lakes

Nobody well known was born in Bailey Lakes itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ernest ClineAmerican novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter · b. 1972
Edmund G. RossAmerican politician · b. 1826
Dorothy GrangerAmerican actress · b. 1911
Tim RichmondAmerican racing driver · b. 1955
Charles Joseph ChamberlainAmerican botanist · b. 1863
Robin MeadeAmerican television news anchor · b. 1969
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bailey Lake

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Bailey Lakes’ history

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.