Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #854 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Below: maps from 1898 on.
The Fruit Hill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fruit Hill is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #854 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Fruit Hill’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: 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 →
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 Fruit Hill’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fruit Hill. 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 Fruit Hill.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fruit Hill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fruit Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,748 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1876. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,755 in 2010, 3,748 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Fruit Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Fruit Hill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Fruit Hill is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #854 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.
12% of Fruit Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1967.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
