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History · Curtice

Curtice’s post office opened in 1882, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1900 on.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Curtice began

When was Curtice founded?

1882

The Curtice post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,552144 years

How historic is Curtice?

C+

More historic than 37% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Curtice’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Curtice is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Curtice’s overall grade.
Founding era1882, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194017.9% of homes (±13.4) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+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 37%
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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 Curtice’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 B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±13.4 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 Curtice’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 Curtice are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Curtice’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Curtice, in brief

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

Curtice is a census-designated place in northern Allen Township, Ottawa County, and southwestern Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,552. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43412.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,526 in 2010, 1,552 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Curtice, 1900 to 1996

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1990Born hereJordan Kovacs is born here
  4. 1996Born hereMichael Deiter is born here
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Curtice on the map, 1900 to 1986

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

Curtice on the 1900 USGS mapCurtice on the 1986 USGS map1900Maumee Bay 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 Curtice.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Curtice

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Michael DeiterAmerican football player · b. 1996
Jordan KovacsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1990
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oregon1 historic placeB+Jerusalem Township1 historic placeA−Allen TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Curtice’s history

What year was Curtice founded?

The Curtice post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Curtice rank for history?

Curtice is more historic than 37% 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 Curtice?

18% of Curtice’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±13.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1978.

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.