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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #946 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Golf Manor was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1954. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1950.
Golf Manor first appears in the census in 1950.
More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Golf Manor is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #946 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls 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 Golf Manor’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 census (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 Golf Manor’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Golf Manor. 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 Golf Manor.
Peaked at 5,170 in 1970; 3,814 people lived here in 2020.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Golf Manor’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Golf Manor.
Golf Manor was laid out by property developers in the 1920s. The community was named for the fact there were three golf courses near the town site.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nobody well known was born in Golf Manor itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Golf Manor post office opened in 1950, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Golf Manor is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #946 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.
10% of Golf Manor’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1954.
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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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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