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History · Cinnamon Lake

Half of Cinnamon Lake’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Cinnamon Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1906 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cinnamon Lake’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 Cinnamon Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1978. Watch Cinnamon Lake change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cinnamon Lake’s history is told.

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On the map

Cinnamon Lake on the map, 1906 to 1978

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

Cinnamon Lake on the 1906 USGS mapCinnamon Lake on the 1961 USGS mapCinnamon Lake on the 1978 USGS map1906West Salem 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 Cinnamon Lake.

The story so far

Cinnamon Lake, in brief

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

Cinnamon Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) within Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2020 census. It consists of a planned community surrounding a 135-acre (0.55 km2) reservoir also named Cinnamon Lake.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,243 in 2010, 1,237 in 2020.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Cinnamon Lake

Nobody well known was born in Cinnamon Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ernest ClineAmerican novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter · b. 1972
Edmund G. RossAmerican politician · b. 1826
Tim RichmondAmerican racing driver · b. 1955
Charles Joseph ChamberlainAmerican botanist · b. 1863
Eric MusselmanAmerican basketball coach · b. 1964
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Rolla Kent BeattieAmerican botanist · b. 1875

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.