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History · Bergholz

Bergholz’s post office opened in 1883, and 62% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1910.

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How Bergholz began

When was Bergholz founded?

1883

The Bergholz post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,011 in 19102020 census: 544143 years
Founding year: the first Bergholz post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bergholz’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 Bergholz are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bergholz’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,215 in 1920; 544 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Bergholz change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bergholz’s history is told.

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The story

How Bergholz came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bergholz.

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Initially, the Bergholz area was a settlement called Nebo. Modern Bergholz had its start in 1883 when the railroad was built through that territory in order to access a mine. The settlement was named Bergholz in honor of one of the mine owners. It was incorporated as a village in 1906.

Confederate general John Hunt Morgan traveled through Bergholz during the 1863 Morgan's Raid on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville in the American Civil War.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Bergholz, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,215

Peaked at 1,215 in 1920; 544 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Timeline

Bergholz, 1883 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Bergholz post office opens
  3. 1893Born hereRay Grimes is born here
  4. 1893Born hereRoy Grimes is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 1,215
By decade

Bergholz, decade by decade

Today9 recent
Welcome to Bergholz sign2016Welcome to Bergholz signJeffro's Pizza2016Jeffro's PizzaBergholz, Ohio United Methodist Church2016Bergholz, Ohio United Methodist ChurchBergholz, Ohio Post Office2016Bergholz, Ohio Post OfficeBergholz, Ohio EMS2016Bergholz, Ohio EMSBergholz Ohio Trinity United Presbyterian Church2016Bergholz Ohio Trinity United Presbyterian ChurchBergholz Museum2016Bergholz MuseumMap of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Bergholz Village2015Map of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Bergholz Vi…MapOHMap-doton-Bergholz2004OHMap-doton-Bergholz
On the map

Bergholz on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Bergholz on the 1905 USGS mapBergholz on the 1960 USGS mapBergholz on the 1971 USGS mapBergholz on the 1994 USGS map1905Salineville 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 Bergholz.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Bergholz

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

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Ray GrimesAmerican baseball player · b. 1893
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Roy GrimesAmerican baseball player · b. 1893

Questions about Bergholz’s history

What year was Bergholz founded?

The Bergholz post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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) 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.