Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it
25 places in town are on the National Register, among them five historic districts with 78 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1903 on and old-book passages.
The Boston Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Boston (1825) and Everett (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 94% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Boston Township is more historic than 94% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.
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 Boston Township’s 970 sits above most of its state (99% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 134 historic buildings outnumber those of 91% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boston Township’s history is told.
Two other post offices 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).
From Wikipedia’s history of Boston Township.
The Hopewell Culture inhabited the area by ~200AD and constructed the Everett Mound near Everett.
Boston Township was established in 1811. Boston Township's land has been in the following counties:[3]
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Boston Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
ter. Rachel Hammond. in 1811. taught the first school in Bath Township. in a house belonging to Aaron Miller. and Lois Ann Gear taught the first in Boston Township. in the summer of the same year; in 1817, Joseph Mishler taught the first school in Franklin for a church.
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ter. Rachel Hammond, in 1811, taught the first school in Bath Township, in a house belonging to Aaron Miller, and Lois Ann Gear taught the first in Boston Township, in the summer of the same 3'ear ; in 1817, Joseph Mishler taught the first school in Franklin Township, in a log house that had been built for a church.
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men (or perhaps they had a change of owners) until 1836, with a few insignificant interruptions, at which time they were purchased by the Moni'oe brothers, of Boston Township. For a number of years prior to this change in owners, the mills had been neglected, especially the saw-mill, which had become somewhat rickety, and sadly in need of repairs. The Monroes, at
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the investment. They were conducted by these until 1836, with a few insignificant interruptions, at which time they were purchased by the Monroe brothers. of Boston Township. For a number of years prior to this change in owners, the mills had been neglected, especially the saw-mill, which had become somewhat rickety, and sadly in need of repairs. The Monroes, at
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.
BuiltAllen Welton House is built
BuiltDaniel Tilden House is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyBuiltJim Brown Tavern is built
BuiltCamp Manatoc Dining Hall is builtWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Boston Township. 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 Boston Township.
Nobody well known was born in Boston Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Boston Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Boston Township is more historic than 94% 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.
25 listings: 8 buildings, among them the Allen Welton House (listed 1979, the first), 5 historic districts with 78 contributing buildings, 1 site, 4 structures, and 1 object. 134 historic buildings in all.
24% of Boston Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1964.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (19), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
