Delaware Township dates to 1808, and 8 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 79% of U.S. towns · #333 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Delaware Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1924 on, and the census since 1810.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1850.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Delaware Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Delaware Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #333 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Delaware 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 Delaware Township’s 46.9 sits above most of its state (88% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 13 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% 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 (±6.9 points). Two sources give 1808.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Delaware Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Delaware Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1924Delaware 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 Delaware Township.
While the city and county of Delaware are named for the Lenape or Delaware people, the city of Delaware itself was founded on a Mingo village called Pluggy's Town. The first recorded settler was Joseph Barber in 1807. Shortly afterward, other men started settling in the area (according to the Delaware Historical Society); namely: Moses Byxbe, William Little, Solomon Smith, Elder Jacob Drake, Thomas Butler, and Ira Carpenter. In 1808, Moses Byxbe built the first framed house on William Street. Born in Delaware County in 1808, Charles Sweetser went on to become a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1853. On March 11, 1808, a plan of the city was filed, marking the official founding of the town. Byxbe and the others planned the city to be originally on the east bank of the river, but it was switched to the west bank only a few days after the first plan was fil…
What they wrote about Delaware Township, 1880–1908
Passages that mention Delaware Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio1908 · page 491Read the page →
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created by an act of the Commissioners' Court, on petition, December 24, 1816, the northern half being set off from Marlborough ami the southern half from Delaware Township. Its geographical lines have remained unchanged since that date.
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History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a brief history of the State of Ohio ... biographical sketches ... etc1880 · page 491Read the page →
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the year 1852, Scioto Township was allowed one school district from that portion of Concord east of the Scioto River, and extending north between the river and Delaware Township, to the south line of Radnor. A few years later, a school district in the southwestern part of Delaware Township was added to Concord. This was effected by a petition of the voters of that section, setting
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20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio1908 · page 704Read the page →
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Radnor Township where he has operated different farms, locating on his present one in 1905. In 1908 he and his son, Ora C, leased the Thomas Joy farm in Delaware Township, and took possession April 1, 1908. He has dealt in horses for a number of years and is an excellent judge of all kinds of livestock. He keeps several cows, keeps about 100 head of
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Delaware Township, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1808, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Delaware Township’s post office opened in 1850, and the census of 1810 counted 200 people here.
How does Delaware Township rank for history?
Delaware Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #333 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 Delaware Township?
8 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Greenwood Farm (listed 1979, the first). 13 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Delaware Township?
9% of Delaware Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1988.
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), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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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