Most of Beaver Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1900.
The Beaver Township post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Dove (1874), Byronton (1879) and Given (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 262 in 19002020 census: 1,291186 years
How historic is Beaver Township?
B−
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Beaver Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Beaver Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Beaver Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Beaver 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 Beaver Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.9 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 Beaver 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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Dove
1874–1934
Byronton
1879–1881
Given
1881–1918
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beaver Pike EstatesGivensRobbins
Gone or out of use
Buck Hollow ChurchchurchGiven Post Officepost officeRadar SchoolschoolRock Spring Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Township
Beaver UnionCordleShock
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Beaver Township on the map, 1906 to 1971
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beaver Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Waverly 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 Beaver Township.
The story so far
Beaver Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beaver Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Beaver is a village in Pike County, Ohio, United States. The population was 442 at the 2020 census. The village most likely was named after nearby Beaver Creek.
Its first post office opened in 1840. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,369 to 1,291 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Beaver Township, 1874 to 1934
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Beaver Township post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Beaver Township rank for history?
Beaver Township is more historic than 46% 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.
How old are the homes in Beaver Township?
9% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1983.
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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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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