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More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #975 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Brown Township was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2009. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1966 on.
More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brown Township is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #975 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Brown 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.
Founding year: our sources. 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 first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brown 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).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brown Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Brown Township is one of the 17 townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census lists 3,886 people.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,293 to 3,886 (+69%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archive1842 Map of Brown Township, Franklin County, Ohio
In the archive1856 Map of Brown Township, Franklin County, Ohio
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey2 decades in the archive, from the 1840s to the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brown Township.
1966Hilliard sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Brown Township.
Nobody well known was born in Brown Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Brown Township is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #975 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.
1% of Brown 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 2009.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.
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