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History · Beaver

Beaver’s post office opened in 1840, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1900.

1840first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Beaver began

When was Beaver founded?

1840

The Beaver post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 262 in 19002020 census: 442186 years
Founding year: the first Beaver post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beaver’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 Beaver are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1971. Watch Beaver change.Deep rootsA post office since 1840: 186 years of Beaver.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Beaver on the map, 1906 to 1971

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

Beaver on the 1906 USGS mapBeaver on the 1961 USGS mapBeaver on the 1971 USGS map1906Waverly 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.

Timeline

Beaver, 1840 to 1975

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Beaver post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Born hereJacob E. Davis is born here
  5. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1975Born hereMarlene Stollings is born here
The story so far

Beaver, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beaver 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. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 449 in 2010, 442 in 2020.

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

By decade

Beaver, decade by decade

Today11 recent
Beaver village school and museum2016Beaver village school and museumBeaver village hall on Central Avenue2016Beaver village hall on Central AvenueMap of Pike County Ohio Highlighting Beaver Village2015Map of Pike County Ohio Highlighting Beaver VillageMapBeaverOH32013BeaverOH3BeaverOH22013BeaverOH2BeaverOH12013BeaverOH1Beaver, Ohio2012Beaver, OhioBeaver, Ohio Water Tower2012Beaver, Ohio Water TowerBeaver Library2012Beaver LibraryDetailed map of2008Detailed map ofMapOHMap-doton-Beaver2004OHMap-doton-Beaver
People over time

Beaver, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 464

Between 262 and 464 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Beaver

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jacob E. DavisAmerican politician · b. 1905
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Marlene StollingsAmerican women's college basketball coach · b. 1975
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Beaver TownshipIts storyB−Marion TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Beaver’s history

What year was Beaver founded?

The Beaver post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (11), 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) 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.