Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Claibourne Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
B+History
History · Claibourne Township

Claibourne Township dates to 1834, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 74% of U.S. towns · #385 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Below: maps from 1913 on.

1834founded
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Quick answers

How Claibourne Township began

When was Claibourne Township founded?

1834

Claibourne Township dates its founding to 1834 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1833.

2020 census: 3,481192 years

How historic is Claibourne Township?

B+

More historic than 74% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1833.
History grade

What drives Claibourne Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Claibourne Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #385 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Claibourne Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1834, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194039.6% of homes (±8.3) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 74%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 61%

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 Claibourne 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.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1834.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.3 points).

Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Claibourne Township’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 Claibourne Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19133 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1961. Watch Claibourne Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1834: 192 years of Claibourne Township.Old housesHalf of Claibourne Township’s homes were built before 1957.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Claibourne Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Claibourne Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Claibourne Township on the map, 1913 to 1961

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

Claibourne Township on the 1913 USGS mapClaibourne Township on the 1944 USGS mapClaibourne Township on the 1961 USGS map1913Richwood 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 Claibourne Township.

Timeline

Claibourne Township, 1834 to 1947

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834
    FoundingClaibourne Township is established
  3. 1879Post officeThe Claiborne post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1947Post officeThe Claiborne post office closes
The story so far

Claibourne Township, in brief

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

Claibourne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,481 people in the township, 2,222 of whom lived in the village of Richwood.

Claibourne Township was established in 1834. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,519 in 2010, 3,481 in 2020.

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

By decade

Claibourne Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Claibourne Township soybean farm2015Claibourne Township soybean farmClaibourne Township mausoleum2015Claibourne Township mausoleumMap of Union County Ohio Highlighting Claibourne Township2015Map of Union County Ohio Highlighting Claibourne Town…Map
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Claiborne, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ClaiborneTawa Estates
Gone or out of use
Adams SchoolschoolBig Swale SchoolschoolBigelow SchoolschoolBoundary SchoolschoolCahill SchoolschoolClaiborne Post Officepost officeDeadwood SchoolschoolStony Point SchoolschoolSunnyside SchoolschoolTawa Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Claibourne Township
ClaiborneHamiltonStony Point

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Leesburg TownshipIts storyBYork TownshipIts storyB−Thompson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storyB−Prospect TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Claibourne Township’s history

What year was Claibourne Township founded?

In 1834, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Claibourne Township’s post office opened in 1833.

How does Claibourne Township rank for history?

Claibourne Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #385 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.

How old are the homes in Claibourne Township?

40% of Claibourne Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1957.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.