The Clearcreek Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clearcreek (1844), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,084182 years
How historic is Clearcreek Township?
A−
More historic than 78% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Clearcreek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Clearcreek Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clearcreek Township is more historic than 78% of U.S. towns, #342 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
A−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Clearcreek Township’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 Clearcreek Township’s 9.7 sits above most of its state (74% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 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 Clearcreek Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Clearcreek, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
DrinkleHighlander Trailer ParkJ and J Trailer ParkMillersOaklandWyandotte
Gone or out of use
Fasnaugh SchoolschoolThompson SchoolschoolWood College Schoolschool
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clearcreek Township
AugustusBunker HillConradDresbachDrinkleJulianMaple HillNeffNew ConradNigh FamilyOld ConradOld Dutch HollowSpenglerTarlton United BrethrenWolf
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Clearcreek Township on the map, 1914 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clearcreek Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1914Circleville 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 Clearcreek Township.
The story so far
Clearcreek Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clearcreek Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clearcreek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,084.
Its first post office opened in 1844. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 4,057 in 2010, 4,084 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Clearcreek Township, 1844 to 1914
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Clearcreek Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Clearcreek Township rank for history?
Clearcreek Township is more historic than 78% of U.S. towns, #342 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.
What is on the National Register in Clearcreek Township?
One place: the John Leist House at Dutch Hollow (listed 2023).
How old are the homes in Clearcreek Township?
13% of Clearcreek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1991.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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