The Fowler Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Nutwood (1890) and Chadwick (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,360200 years
How historic is Fowler Township?
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More historic than 91% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Fowler Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Fowler Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fowler Township is more historic than 91% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its age lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fowler 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 Fowler Township’s 29.7 sits above most of its state (84% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±13.1 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 Fowler 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.
Fowler
1826–today
Nutwood
1890–1954
Chadwick
1898–1903
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FowlerFowler Mobile Home CourtNutwood
Gone or out of use
Nutwood Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fowler Township
DuganFowler CenterRandSheldon
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Fowler Township on the map, 1907 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fowler Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Kinsman 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 Fowler Township.
The story so far
Fowler Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fowler Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fowler is an unincorporated community in central Fowler Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44418. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 193 and 305. The community is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Fowler has been in operation since 1826. The community takes its name from Fowler Township.
Its first post office opened in 1826. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,595 to 2,360 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fowler Township, 1826 to 1954
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Fowler Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Fowler Township rank for history?
Fowler Township is more historic than 91% 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 Fowler Township?
One place: the Fowler Center Historic District (listed 1985).
How old are the homes in Fowler Township?
27% of Fowler Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±13.1 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1972.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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