On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Guilford Township is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #632 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Guilford 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 Guilford Township’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.
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 (±12.7 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Guilford 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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
River Styx
1828–1905
Acme
1886–1901
Blake
1889–1901
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Hamlets and corners on the map
AcmeBlakeJ And M Trailer CourtRiver Styx
Gone or out of use
Acme Post Officepost officeBlake Post Officepost officeRiver Styx Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Guilford Township
BlakeGuilford MennoniteHillcrest Memorial GardensJerusalem LutheranRiver Styx
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Guilford Township on the map, 1904 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Guilford Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Medina 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 Guilford Township.
The story so far
Guilford Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Guilford Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Guilford Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. With the Village of Seville and territory ceded to the City of Rittman for the Western Reserve National Cemetery, it encompasses an area of about twenty-five square miles. The 2020 census found 3,076 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,203 to 3,076 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Guilford Township, 1828 to 1905
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Guilford Township is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #632 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 Guilford Township?
25% of Guilford Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±12.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1974.
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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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