More historic than 33% of U.S. towns · #818 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Brimfield Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1906 on and old-book passages.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brimfield Township is more historic than 33% of U.S. towns, #818 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brimfield 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 Brimfield 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 D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1816.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Brimfield 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Brimfield
1834–1907
Thorndyke
1890–1906
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrimfieldBrimfield StationBunkers CornersHilltown
Gone or out of use
Brimfield Post Officepost officeSackett Fieldairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brimfield Township
RestlandThorndykeWestlawn
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Brimfield Township on the map, 1906 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brimfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Kent 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 Brimfield Township.
The story so far
Brimfield Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brimfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 11,352 people in the township.
Brimfield Township was established in 1816. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,376 to 11,352 (+9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Brimfield Township in 1885
Passages that mention Brimfield Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Portage County, Ohio1885 · page 296Read the page →
Read the text
York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, who still operate it. It strikes the east line of Portage County in Lot 50, Windham Township, and taking a general southwest course through Windham, Freedom, Charlestown, Ravenna and Franklin, leaves the county at the northwest corner of Brimfield Township. The machine shops at Kent, which employ a large number of men, were located at that point by the Board of Directors April 5, 1854, though they were not built for many years afterward.
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.
Timeline
Brimfield Township, 1816 to 1941
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1816, according to Wikidata. Brimfield Township’s post office opened in 1834.
How does Brimfield Township rank for history?
Brimfield Township is more historic than 33% of U.S. towns, #818 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Brimfield Township?
2% of Brimfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1991.
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
