Its Register listings are the Florence Corners School, the Cyrus Butler House and the Starr-Truscott House. Below: maps from 1903 on and old-book passages.
The Florence Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Florence (1818) and Henrietta (1827), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,470208 years
How historic is Florence Township?
A−
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Florence Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Florence Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Florence Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
A−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Florence 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 Florence Township’s 10.7 sits above most of its state (75% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.8 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 Florence 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Florence
1818–1906
Henrietta
1827–1832
Birmingram
1832–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BirminghamFlorence
Gone or out of use
Florence Corners SchoolschoolFlorence Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Florence Township
BirminghamCableFlorenceHarrison
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Florence Township on the map, 1903 to 1979
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Florence Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903Vermilion 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 Florence Township.
The story so far
Florence Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Florence Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Florence Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,470.
Its first post office opened in 1818. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,448 in 2010, 2,470 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Florence Township in 1916
Passages that mention Florence Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A standard history of Erie County, Ohio1916 · page 939Read the page →
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It was in 1892 that Mr. and Mrs. Barnes moved to Florence Township, and here for the past twenty-three years they have steadily advanced in material prosperity. His homestead comprises forty acres in Florence Township, with forty acres adjoining in Wakeman Township of Huron County. All the laoid is well improved, and his buildings are especially creditable to liis ciitei-pi'ise and ability as a homemaker. He has a large and conilnrhiMc ci^lit room house, its white front set in the midst of green livis, and also has a large basement
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
A standard history of Erie County, Ohio1916 · page 1204Read the page →
Read the text
Having sold his first twelve and a half acres, he subsequently bought sixty-seven acres in Florence Township and in 1909 sold that at advantage and invested in the farm of sixty-three acres on the Butler State Road between Birmingham and A.xtel, twelve miles from the north line of Florence Township. All but ten acres of this is in a high state of cultivation and improvement. Mr. Kropf knows farming as a business and prdfcsidn. utilizes all his resources, and is not only a producer but lias shown iiiuch ability in mai-keting his products. He raises the various
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Florence Township, 1818 to 1906
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Florence Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Florence Township rank for history?
Florence Township is more historic than 81% 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.
What is on the National Register in Florence Township?
Three places: the Florence Corners School (listed 1975), the Cyrus Butler House (1976) and the Starr-Truscott House (1978).
How old are the homes in Florence Township?
16% of Florence Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 (10), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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