The Farmington Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Farmington Centre (1864), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,897 in 19902020 census: 2,993207 years
How historic is Farmington Township?
B
More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Farmington Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Farmington Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Farmington Township is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #501 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Farmington 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 Farmington Township’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.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Farmington 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 Farmington Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1905Bristolville 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 Farmington Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Farmington Centre, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
East FarmingtonFarmingtonHerner Corners
Gone or out of use
Farmington Post Officepost officeTounshendeaux Airportairport
1cemetery inside Farmington Township
East
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Farmington Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Farmington Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Farmington Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 2,993 people in the township.
Its first post office opened in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,728 to 2,993 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Farmington Township, 1864 to 1905
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Farmington Township post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Farmington Township rank for history?
Farmington Township is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #501 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.
How old are the homes in Farmington Township?
23% of Farmington Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 (2), 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.
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