Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1850.
The Butlerville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Butlerville’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1850 and 1930, then more than doubled.
17 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Butlerville’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Butlerville. 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 Butlerville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Butlerville.
Butlerville was platted in 1838 when a new turnpike was extended to that point. The village was named for its founder, Abram B. Butler. Butlerville incorporated as a village in 1851. A post office was established at Butlerville in 1833, and remained in operation until 1905.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Butlerville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Butlerville was laid out by Abram B. Butler, April 20, [1888, the Goshen, Wilmington and Columbus Turnpike, on which it was located, being in process of construction at the time. On September 8, 1889, and May 17, 1841, respectively, he made additions to the town, and in November 19, 1844, an addition was made by J. W. Dougliman, which he named in the plat thereof, Texas, and which comprised all that part of the village south of the old patent line.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Abram Butler came to this township in 1881 from Belmont County, this State. He was bom in New England and came to Ohio when a mere child. He laid out the town of Butlerville, which bears his name, and was in many other ways identified with the growth of the township. He died in 1880 at an advanced age.
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.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyNobody well known was born in Butlerville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Butlerville had its own post office from 1833 to 1905.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Butlerville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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