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History · Clear Creek Township

Clear Creek Township’s post office opened in 1828, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1908 on.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Clear Creek Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Clear Creek Township began

When was Clear Creek Township founded?

1828

The Clear Creek Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,217198 years

How historic is Clear Creek Township?

B

More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Clear Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Clear Creek Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clear Creek Township is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. 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 Clear Creek Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194023.7% of homes (±8.4) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National 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 64%
NewerOlder

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 Clear Creek 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.

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 (±8.4 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 Clear Creek 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1994. Watch Clear Creek Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Clear Creek Township.
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Start Clear Creek Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewClear Creek Ashland: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Clear Creek Township on the map, 1908 to 1994

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

Clear Creek Township on the 1908 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1986 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1994 USGS map1908Ashland 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 Clear Creek Township.

The story so far

Clear Creek Township, in brief

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

Clear Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,217 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,276 to 2,217 (-3%).

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

By decade

Clear Creek Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Clear Creek AshlandDate?Clear Creek Ashland
Today4 recent
Clear Creek Township horse pasture2016Clear Creek Township horse pastureMap of Ashland County Ohio Highlighting Clear Creek Township2015Map of Ashland County Ohio Highlighting Clear Creek T…MapSprott's Hill Mounds Site2014Sprott's Hill Mounds SiteSavannah and Bailey Lakes, Ohio2012Savannah and Bailey Lakes, Ohio
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Clear Creek Ashland
Retake this viewClear Creek Ashland

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Clear Creek Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Clear Creek Township

Nobody well known was born in Clear Creek Township 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
Dorothy GrangerAmerican actress · b. 1911
Tim RichmondAmerican racing driver · b. 1955
Charles Joseph ChamberlainAmerican botanist · b. 1863
Robin MeadeAmerican television news anchor · b. 1969
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Vogel Airparkairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clear Creek Township
Ashland Memorial ParkBrytes ChurchyardGreggReformed ChurchSavannah

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.

Orange TownshipIts storyBRuggles Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMilton Township1 historic placeBButler TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Clear Creek Township’s history

What year was Clear Creek Township founded?

The Clear Creek Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Clear Creek Township rank for history?

Clear Creek Township is more historic than 64% 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 Clear Creek Township?

24% of Clear Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1985.

Memory lane

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

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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 (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.