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History · Gustavus Township

Gustavus Township’s post office opened in 1825, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 21 buildings. Below: maps from 1907 on.

1825first post office
1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Gustavus Township began

When was Gustavus Township founded?

1825

The Gustavus Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Gustavus (1825), Barclay (1887) and Dilworth (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 834201 years
Founding year: the first Gustavus Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gustavus Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Gustavus Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Gustavus Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A historic districtThe Gustavus Center Historic District takes in 21 historic buildings.On the map since 19074 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Gustavus Township change.
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Start Gustavus Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gustavus Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gustavus
1825–1912
Barclay
1887–1900
Dilworth
1890–1903
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarclayDlworthGustavusLobaughYork
Gone or out of use
Barclay Post Officepost officeDilworth Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gustavus Township
East GustavusLoganNorth ViewOld Gustavus

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the National Register

1 listing protects 21 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
21
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Gustavus Center Historic District
Gustavus Center Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Federal1
Greek Revival1
Gothic Revival1
All 1 listings
Gustavus Center Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1975

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Gustavus Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gustavus Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Gustavus Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 834 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1825. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 829 in 2010, 834 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Gustavus Township, 1825 to 1912

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Gustavus post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Barclay post office opens
  4. 1890Post officeThe Dilworth post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Barclay post office closes
  7. 1903Post officeThe Dilworth post office closes
  8. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1912Post officeThe Gustavus post office closes
By decade

Gustavus Township, decade by decade

Today12 recent
Gustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center, Ohio2014Gustavus Center, OhioGustavus Center Historic District Town Hall2012Gustavus Center Historic District Town HallGustavus Center Historic District Sign at Center2012Gustavus Center Historic District Sign at CenterGustavus Center Historic District Roll of Honor2012Gustavus Center Historic District Roll of HonorGustavus Center Historic District Gustavus School2012Gustavus Center Historic District Gustavus SchoolGustavus Center Historic District Gustavus Federated Church2012Gustavus Center Historic District Gustavus Federated …
On the map

Gustavus Township on the map, 1907 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gustavus Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Gustavus Township on the 1907 USGS mapGustavus Township on the 1961 USGS mapGustavus Township on the 1979 USGS mapGustavus Township on the 1994 USGS map1907Kinsman 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 Gustavus Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Greene Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnston TownshipIts storyCKinsman Township4 historic placesA+Wayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Gustavus Township’s history

What year was Gustavus Township founded?

The Gustavus Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Gustavus Township?

One place: the Gustavus Center Historic District (listed 1975).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.