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History · Barnhill

Barnhill’s post office opened in 1881, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Barnhill began

When was Barnhill founded?

1881

The Barnhill post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 383145 years
Founding year: the first Barnhill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Barnhill’s 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 Barnhill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barnhill’s history is told.

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The story so far

Barnhill, in brief

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

Barnhill is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 383 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1881. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 396 to 383 (-3%).

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

By decade

Barnhill, decade by decade

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Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting Barnhill Village2015Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting Barnhill V…MapBarnhill OH Town Hall2011Barnhill OH Town HallOHMap-doton-Barnhill2004OHMap-doton-Barnhill
Famous people

Famous people close to Barnhill

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

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Elwyn Ralph BerlekampAmerican mathematician · b. 1940
Hunter ArmstrongAmerican swimmer · b. 2001
Cody GarbrandtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1991
Elliott NugentAmerican actor, playwright, writer, and film di… · b. 1896
Frank BaumholtzAmerican baseball player · b. 1918
Marie WalcampSilent film actress · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Barnhill had its own post office from 1881 to 1929.

Barnhill
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18801950today
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Barnhill Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Barnhill’s history

What year was Barnhill founded?

The Barnhill post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (3), 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.