The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Greentown.
Greentown was platted in 1816. The community was formerly located in Green Township, hence the name.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
B+History
History · Greentown
Greentown dates to 1816, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 66% of U.S. towns · #464 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 2000.
1816founded
1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
2famous people
Quick answers
How Greentown began
When was Greentown founded?
1816
Greentown dates its founding to 1816 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.
First census: 3,154 in 20002020 census: 3,382210 years
How historic is Greentown?
B+
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 66% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1814.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Greentown’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greentown is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #464 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Greentown’s overall grade.
Founding era1816, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194010.6% of homes (±6.9) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 3.3 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 66%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 53%
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 Greentown’s 3.3 sits near the middle of its state (58% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1816.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.9 points).
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 Greentown’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Greentown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greentown’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Greentown on the map, 1901 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greentown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901Canton 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 Greentown.
Timeline
Greentown, 1816 to 1977
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1816FoundingGreentown is established
- 1829
Born hereLewis Miller is born here - 20th century
- 1901
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1977
Born hereNina West is born here
From the old history books
What they wrote about Greentown, 1881–1928
Passages that mention Greentown, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio1881 · page 321Read the page →
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early completion of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, nevertheless, Bull, Aultman & Co., determined to remove their works from Greentown to Canton to avail themselves of the advantages of the new railroad, secured lots on the line of the road, erected their buildings, and. in the latter part of 1851, they brought their tools and fixtures from Green-
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History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio1881Read the page →
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started. The present school building was erected some twelve or fifteen years ago. It is not remembered with certainty when the first school building was built in Greentown. It is likely, however, that it was erected soon after 1820; at least, in 1835, a respectable log schoolhouse. in which was a ten-plate stove, was used by the villagers. Inasmuch
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History of Stark County Ohio1928 · page 449Read the page →
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Ervin G. Dougherty received his educational training in the public schools of Greentown, graduating from high school in 1900, after which he entered the dental department of Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1903. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Greentown, where he remained until 1905, when he moved to North Canton and in 1907 to Canton, where he has practiced to the present time, having nicely furnished and
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.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Greentown
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.
People over time
Greentown, census by census
Between 3,154 and 3,804 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greentown’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →2 famous people were born in Greentown
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Greentown’s history
What year was Greentown founded?
In 1816, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Greentown’s post office opened in 1814, and the census of 2000 counted 3,154 people here.
How does Greentown rank for history?
Greentown is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns, #464 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.
How old are the homes in Greentown?
11% of Greentown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1993.
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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.