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History · Elkrun Township

Elkrun Township dates to 1806, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 68% of U.S. towns · #447 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Church Hill Road Covered Bridge. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1980.

1806founded
1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Elkrun Township began

When was Elkrun Township founded?

1806

Elkrun Township dates its founding to 1806 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 2,288 in 19802020 census: 4,367220 years

How historic is Elkrun Township?

B+

More historic than 68% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1838.
History grade

What drives Elkrun Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Elkrun Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #447 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Elkrun Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1806, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194012.2% of homes (±6.6) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 2.3 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 68%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 55%

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 Elkrun Township’s 2.3 sits near the middle of its state (53% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1806.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.6 points).

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 Elkrun Township’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 Elkrun Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Elkrun Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19074 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Elkrun Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1806: 220 years of Elkrun Township.
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Start Elkrun Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Signal, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Elkton
1838–today
Signal
1890–1959
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ElktonMiddle BeaverNewhouseSaratogaSignal
Gone or out of use
HestonlocaleSignal Post Officepost office
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Elkrun Township
BowmanCarlisleChurch HillElkrunKemblesLowriesZeppernick

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

On the map

Elkrun Township on the map, 1907 to 1994

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

Elkrun Township on the 1907 USGS mapElkrun Township on the 1960 USGS mapElkrun Township on the 1971 USGS mapElkrun Township on the 1994 USGS map1907Columbiana 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 Elkrun Township.

The story so far

Elkrun Township, in brief

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

Elkrun Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 4,367 people living in the township.

Elkrun Township was established in 1806. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,687 to 4,367 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Elkrun Township, 1806 to 1959

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1806
    FoundingElkrun Township is established
  3. 1838Post officeThe Elkton post office opens
  4. 1890Post officeThe Signal post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1959Post officeThe Signal post office closes
By decade

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 National Register

1 historic place in Elkrun 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
1975
Church Hill Road Covered Bridge
Church Hill Road Covered Bridge
Structures
Church Hill Road Covered BridgeStructure

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

People over time

Elkrun Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,000198020002020Peak: 4,781

Between 2,186 and 4,781 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Elkrun Township

Nobody well known was born in Elkrun Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mark HannaAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1837
Harvey Samuel FirestoneAmerican businessman · b. 1868
J. T. MillerAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1993
Ruth Crawford SeegerAmerican composer · b. 1901
Clement VallandighamAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1820
Elaine RileyAmerican film and television actress · b. 1917
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Center Township3 historic placesA+Fairfield Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison TownshipIts storyBMiddleton Township1 historic placeBWayne Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Elkrun Township’s history

What year was Elkrun Township founded?

In 1806, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Elkrun Township’s post office opened in 1838, and the census of 1980 counted 2,288 people here.

How does Elkrun Township rank for history?

Elkrun Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #447 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 Elkrun Township?

One place: the Church Hill Road Covered Bridge (listed 1975).

How old are the homes in Elkrun Township?

12% of Elkrun Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1975.

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).

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.