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.
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.
1905Andover 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.
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.