The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Flushing Township.
Flushing was platted in 1813. The village was incorporated in 1849.
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History · Flushing Township
Flushing Township dates to 1813, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 78% of U.S. towns. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1850.
1813founded
1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Flushing Township began
When was Flushing Township founded?
1813
Flushing Township dates its founding to 1813 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1850.
First census: 325 in 18502020 census: 1,936213 years
How historic is Flushing Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 78% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1818.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Flushing Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Flushing Township is more historic than 78% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Flushing Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194025.3% of homes (±4.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register1 listing, 3.8 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 78%
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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 Flushing Township’s 3.8 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). Two sources give 1813.
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 Flushing Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Flushing Township, and 9 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Flushing Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1850 and 1870, then grew 4-fold.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1978. Watch Flushing Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Kennon
Compher
Golda
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Belmont RidgeGoldaGoodrich Cottage AreaHidden Ledges Cottage AreaHilltop Cottage AreaKennonLoghavenReynolds Road Cottage AreaRock Hill
Gone or out of use
Flushing High SchoolschoolGolda Post Officepost officeKennon Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Flushing Township
Belmont RidgeOak GroveRockhillStillwater
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Flushing Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flushing Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Flushing Township, census by census
Lost a third of its people between 1850 and 1870, then grew 4-fold.
17 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Flushing Township’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Flushing Township, 1813 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1813FoundingFlushing Township is established
- 1848Post officeThe Kennon post office opens
- 1880Post officeThe Compher post office opens
- 20th century
- 1901Post officeThe Golda post office opens
- 1903Post officeThe Kennon post office closes
- 1903
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1904Post officeThe Compher post office closes
- 1904Post officeThe Golda post office closes
- 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 1,266
By decade
Flushing Township, decade by decade
2016
2016
2016
2015
2013
2004On the map
Flushing Township on the map, 1903 to 1978
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Flushing Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903Flushing sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Flushing Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Flushing 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
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Flushing Township’s history
What year was Flushing Township founded?
In 1813, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Flushing Township’s post office opened in 1818, and the census of 1850 counted 325 people here.
How does Flushing Township rank for history?
Flushing Township is more historic than 78% 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.
How old are the homes in Flushing Township?
25% of Flushing Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1963.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, 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.