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Elmwood Place dates its founding to 1875 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1900.
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Elmwood Place is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Elmwood Place’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elmwood Place’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Elmwood Place.
Elmwood Place was laid out in 1875. The community originally built up chiefly by German Catholics. The village incorporated in 1890.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peaked at 4,562 in 1930; 2,087 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Elmwood Place’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveOlga Staps 1909
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereHank Edwards is born hereOne decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2016Neighboring homes decorated with scary Halloween nigh…
2016A home decorated with scary Halloween night in mind i…
2016Freight cars at a siding
2016Industrial plant along Mill Creek
2016Storefronts in old, heavily industrial Elmwood Place,…
2015Walnut and Vine in Elmwood Place, looking southwest
2015Walnut and Vine in Elmwood Place, looking northeast
2015Matthäuskirche Cincinnati
2015Map of Hamilton County Ohio Highlighting Elmwood Plac…Map
2008Detailed map ofMap
2004OHMap-doton-Elmwood PlaceEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Elmwood Place. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Elmwood Place.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Elmwood Place’s page.
Retake this view · +15Elmwood Place had its own post office from 1879 to 1902.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1875, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Elmwood Place’s post office opened in 1879, and the census of 1900 counted 2,532 people here.
Elmwood Place is more historic than 56% 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.
62% of Elmwood Place’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1938.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (7), the Library of Congress (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
