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History · Denmark Township

Denmark Township’s post office opened in 1812, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Griggs Grange No. 1467. Its Register listing is the Griggs Grange No. 1467. Below: maps from 1905 on.

1812first post office
1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers

How Denmark Township began

When was Denmark Township founded?

1812

The Denmark Township post office opened in 1812, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Denmark (1812), Giddings (1883) and Bulah (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 847214 years
Founding year: the first Denmark Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Denmark Township’s past

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

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Start Denmark Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Places that used to be

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

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

Denmark
1812–1904
Giddings
1883–1911
Bulah
1891–1905
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BulahDenmark CenterSouth Denmark
Gone or out of use
South Denmark Churchchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Denmark Township
Griggs CornersSouth DenmarkWilliams

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

On the map

Denmark Township on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Denmark Township on the 1905 USGS mapDenmark Township on the 1959 USGS mapDenmark Township on the 1970 USGS mapDenmark Township on the 1994 USGS map1905Andover 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 Denmark Township.

The story so far

Denmark Township, in brief

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

Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 847 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1812. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 946 to 847 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Denmark Township, 1812 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1812Post officeThe Denmark post office opens
  3. 1845Born hereCalvin S. Brice is born here
  4. 1883Post officeThe Giddings post office opens
  5. 1891Post officeThe Bulah post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Denmark post office closes
  8. 1905Post officeThe Bulah post office closes
  9. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1911Post officeThe Giddings post office closes
By decade

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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 National Register

1 historic place in Denmark Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Griggs Grange No. 1467

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Denmark Township’s history

What year was Denmark Township founded?

The Denmark Township post office opened in 1812, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Denmark Township?

One place: the Griggs Grange No. 1467 (listed 1995).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.