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History · Brookfield Township

Brookfield Township’s post office opened in 1811, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 90% of U.S. towns · #155 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 11 buildings. Below: maps from 1906 on.

1811first post office
1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Quick answers

How Brookfield Township began

When was Brookfield Township founded?

1811

The Brookfield Township post office opened in 1811, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Slope (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 8,447215 years

How historic is Brookfield Township?

A

More historic than 90% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Brookfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Brookfield Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brookfield Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #155 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its age lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brookfield Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1811, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194024.9% of homes (±6.2) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register1 listing, 11 historic buildings, 13.1 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 90%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 84%

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 Brookfield Township’s 13.1 sits above most of its state (77% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.2 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 Brookfield Township’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 Brookfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Brookfield Township, and 9 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1811: 215 years of Brookfield Township.Old housesHalf of Brookfield Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Brookfield Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brookfield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Slope, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Brookfield
1811–today
Slope
1890–1905
Masury
1907–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BentleyBrookfieldBrookfield AcresBrookfield CenterMasurySalow CornersWalnut HillWest HillYankee Hills
Gone or out of use
Brookfield Air Force StationmilitaryBrookfield AirparkairportWMGZ-FM (Sharpsville)tower
1cemetery inside Brookfield Township
Artherholt

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Brookfield Township, 1811 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1811Post officeThe Brookfield post office opens
  3. 1843Born hereAugustus J. Ricks is born here
  4. 1869Born hereWayne Wheeler is born here
  5. 1890Post officeThe Slope post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Slope post office closes
  8. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1907Post officeThe Masury post office opens
The story so far

Brookfield Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brookfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 8,447 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1811. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 8,854 to 8,447 (-5%).

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

By decade

Brookfield Township, decade by decade

Today8 recent
US 62 eb entering PA from OH, June 20242024US 62 eb entering PA from OH, June 2024US 62 eb entering Masury, OH, June 20242024US 62 eb entering Masury, OH, June 2024US 62 eb at OH SR 82 eastern terminus, June 20242024US 62 eb at OH SR 82 eastern terminus, June 2024Map of Trumbull County Ohio Highlighting Brookfield Township2015Map of Trumbull County Ohio Highlighting Brookfield T…MapBrookfield Center village green2012Brookfield Center village greenOHMap-doton-West Hill2004OHMap-doton-West HillOHMap-doton-Masury2004OHMap-doton-MasuryOHMap-doton-Brookfield Center2004OHMap-doton-Brookfield Center
On the map

Brookfield Township on the map, 1906 to 1994

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

Brookfield Township on the 1906 USGS mapBrookfield Township on the 1994 USGS map1906Youngstown 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 Brookfield Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 11 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Brookfield Center Historic District
Brookfield Center Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Gothic Revival1
Tudor Revival1
Victorian1
Federal1
Italianate1
All 1 listings
Brookfield Center Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1985

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Brookfield Township

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

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Wayne WheelerAmerican prohibitionist · b. 1869
Augustus J. RicksUnited States federal judge · b. 1843
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hartford Township1 historic placeAMasuryIts storyC+Vienna TownshipIts storyB−West HillIts storyB+Yankee LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHubbard TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Brookfield Township’s history

What year was Brookfield Township founded?

The Brookfield Township post office opened in 1811, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Brookfield Township rank for history?

Brookfield Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #155 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.

What is on the National Register in Brookfield Township?

One place: the Brookfield Center Historic District (listed 1985).

How old are the homes in Brookfield Township?

25% of Brookfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1961.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (8), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.