Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 41% of U.S. towns · #742 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Below: maps from 1931 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 41% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clark Township is more historic than 41% of U.S. towns, #742 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Clark 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.
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
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 Clark Township’s history is told.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clark Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clark Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,952 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,121 to 2,952 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Clark Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The Disciples or Campbellites built a frame building in the west side of Scott Township about 1835; most of the members were from Clark Township. They worshiped at TJnity, as the church was called, about ten years, when they organized at Hamersville, and, in 1860, built a brick church. They are the strongest society in the township, and still meet at Hamersville.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clark Township. 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 Clark Township.
Nobody well known was born in Clark Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Clark Township is more historic than 41% of U.S. towns, #742 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.
18% of Clark Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1968.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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