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History · Colerain Township

Colerain Township dates to 1790

More historic than 40% of U.S. towns · #751 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Most of Colerain Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1820.

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Quick answers

How Colerain Township began

When was Colerain Township founded?

1790

Colerain Township dates its founding to 1790 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1820.

First census: 1,906 in 18202020 census: 59,239236 years

How historic is Colerain Township?

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More historic than 40% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1835.
History grade

What drives Colerain Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Colerain Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #751 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Colerain Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1790, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19405.4% of homes (±1.3) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%CNational 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 40%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 24%

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 Colerain 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 1790.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size.

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 Colerain Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages9 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Colerain Township, and 22 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Colerain Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds15 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Colerain Township.Deep rootsEstablished in 1790: 236 years of Colerain Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

Nine other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bevis Tavern
1835–1874
Dunlap
1837–1904
Dry Ridge
1838–1884
Pleasant Run
1846–1907
Groesbeck
1857–1903
Taylors Creek
1857–1905
Barnesburgh
1874–1906
Bevis
1874–1903
Creedville
1880–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Autumn AcresBarnesburgBevisChesswood AcresColerain HeightsCrestwood AcresDornbuschDry RidgeDunlapGalaxy AcresGroesbeckMiami StationMount Healthy HeightsNorthbrookNorthgateOakdalePleasant RunTaylors CreekValley ViewWardwood AcresWhite OakWhite Oak Meadows
Gone or out of use
Barnesburgh Post Officepost officeBevis Post Officepost officeDry Ridge Post Officepost officeDunlap Post Officepost officeGroesbeck Post Officepost officeSchool Number 11schoolSchool Number 2schoolTaylors Creek Post Officepost office
15cemeteries and burying grounds inside Colerain Township
BethelCedar GroveCrawfordCrown Hill Memorial ParkHedgesHustonSaint BernardSaint JohnsSaint Paul EvangelineSchlunigerSpringdale Road BaptistTrinity Evangelical LutheranUnited BrethrenWhite OakWillsey

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

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

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The story so far

Colerain Township, in brief

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

Colerain Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population of the township was 59,037 at the 2020 census.

Colerain Township was established in 1790. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 58,499 in 2010, 59,239 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Colerain Township, 1790 to 1961

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1790
    FoundingColerain Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1835Post officeThe Bevis Tavern post office opens
  5. 1837Post officeThe Dunlap post office opens
  6. 1838Post officeThe Dry Ridge post office opens
  7. 1874Post officeThe Bevis Tavern post office closes
  8. 1884Post officeThe Dry Ridge post office closes
  9. 20th century
  10. 1904Post officeThe Dunlap post office closes
  11. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  12. 1961Born hereKerry Coombs is born here
By decade

Colerain Township, decade by decade

Today14 recent
Colerain Township aerial 20242024Colerain Township aerial 2024NorthgateMall2015NorthgateMallMap of Hamilton County Ohio Highlighting Colerain Township2015Map of Hamilton County Ohio Highlighting Colerain Tow…MapVinkolet Arts & Wine Festival2012Vinkolet Arts & Wine FestivalSite of the Old Gothic Barns2012Site of the Old Gothic BarnsNorthgate mall foto by andy hemmer cincinnati2012Northgate mall foto by andy hemmer cincinnatiSite of Fort Dunlap2010Site of Fort DunlapOverview of the Colerain Works2010Overview of the Colerain WorksOHMap-doton-White Oak2004OHMap-doton-White OakOHMap-doton-Pleasant Run2004OHMap-doton-Pleasant RunOHMap-doton-Northgate2004OHMap-doton-NorthgateOHMap-doton-Northbrook2004OHMap-doton-NorthbrookOHMap-doton-Mount Healthy Heights2004OHMap-doton-Mount Healthy HeightsOHMap-doton-Groesbeck2004OHMap-doton-Groesbeck
On the map

Colerain Township on the map, 1955 to 1981

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

Colerain Township on the 1955 USGS mapColerain Township on the 1965 USGS mapColerain Township on the 1974 USGS mapColerain Township on the 1981 USGS map1955Greenhills sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Colerain Township.

People over time

Colerain Township, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,0001850190019502000Peak: 60,144

Between 1,906 and 60,144 people in every census since 1820.

19 censuses, 1820–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Colerain Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Taylor CreekIts storyC−Crosby Township1 historic placeA−Whitewater Township1 historic placeBDunlapIts storyBWhite Oak1 historic placeC+North College Hill1 historic placeA−Green Township3 historic placesBPleasant RunIts storyCMiamitownIts storyCDry RidgeIts storyC

Questions about Colerain Township’s history

What year was Colerain Township founded?

In 1790, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Colerain Township’s post office opened in 1835, and the census of 1820 counted 1,906 people here.

How does Colerain Township rank for history?

Colerain Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #751 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 Colerain Township?

5% of Colerain Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1972.

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (14), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.