Champion Township’s post office opened in 1850, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #770 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Champion Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listing is the William Woodrow House. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1990.
The Champion Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Champion (1850), State Road (1890) and Sunside (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 4,665 in 19902020 census: 9,381176 years
How historic is Champion Township?
C+
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Champion Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Champion Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Champion Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #770 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Champion 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 Champion Township’s 1.1 sits near the middle of its state (49% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.3 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 Champion 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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Champion
1850–1902
State Road
1890–1918
Sunside
1891–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChampionMobile Haven ParkState RoadWassieWildare
Gone or out of use
Champion Post Officepost officeState Road Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Champion Township
Champion CenterMcMurrayPresbyterianSaint Joseph
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Champion Township on the map, 1905 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Champion Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1905Bristolville 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 Champion Township.
A variant name was Champion. A post office was in operation under the name Champion in 1850 until 1858, and again from 1873 until it was discontinued in 1902. The community takes its name from Champion Township. Champion Township was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, then was purchased by the Connecticut Land Company. The land that became the township was divided among nine or ten shareholders, one of whom, General Henry Champion, originally owned much of the property and had acquired all of the township land by December 1798, and it took his name.
The Champion Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Champion Township rank for history?
Champion Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #770 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 Champion Township?
One place: the William Woodrow House (listed 1982).
How old are the homes in Champion Township?
8% of Champion Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1970.
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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
