Founding year: the first Churchill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Churchill’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Churchill is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. 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 Churchill’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 Churchill’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 (±1.6 points) is firm at this size. 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 Churchill’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Churchill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Churchill is a census-designated place in Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,176 at the 2020 census. It is part of Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. The community was named for a hilltop church near the original townsite.
Its first post office opened in 1834. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,149 in 2010, 2,176 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Churchill post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Churchill rank for history?
Churchill is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. 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 Churchill?
0.0% of Churchill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 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 Wikimedia Commons (1). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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