Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1911 on and the census since 1910.
The Baltic post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Buena Vista (1847), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
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 Baltic’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Baltic. 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 Baltic.
From Wikipedia’s history of Baltic.
Baltic was originally called Rowville, and under the latter name was platted in 1848. Baltic became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 1982.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Baltic, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The town is rich in cognomens; it has always been named Rowville, but is also known as Buena Vista and as Baltic. Buena Vista is the name given the railroad station here, and was also the title of the post office until quite recently, when the department dubbed it Baltic. The village now contains two dry goods stores, one grocery, one clothing store, one millinery store, two drug stores, two hardware stores, one stove and tin store, one furniture store, two shoe Q Digitized by
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.
2016Gerber and Sons Feed Company
2016Baltic, Ohio Elementary School
2016Baltic, Ohio 1937 gas station
2016Baltic Ohio Post Office
2016Baltic Mill Winery
2015Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting Baltic Vil…Map
2015Map of Holmes County Ohio Highlighting Baltic VillageMap
2015Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Baltic Vill…Map
2004OHMap-doton-BalticGrew from 377 people in 1910 to 851 in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Baltic’s Wikipedia page.
Baltic’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Buena Vista, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Baltic post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 →
From Wikimedia Commons (9), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
