Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 42% of U.S. towns · #736 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Hamilton Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1914 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 42% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hamilton Township is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #736 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 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 Hamilton Township’s 1.9 sits near the middle of its state (52% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamilton Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hamilton Township. 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 Hamilton Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hamilton Township.
Hamilton Township was one of the four original townships of Warren County, created on May 10, 1803. It is named for Alexander Hamilton, as are similar townships, in Franklin, Jackson, and Lawrence counties statewide.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Hamilton Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
was in the autumn of 1795, on lands now owned by William P. Mounts, three miles below the mouth of Todd’s Fork. This settlement was made by William Mounts’ family, and five other families. It was known as Mounts' Station. An account of this settlement was furnished by the writer for the history of Hamilton Township. Digitized by LaOOQle
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Clement, just above the Catholic cemetery. At his house the first Presidential election in Hamilton Township was held m the fall of 1804. The people, being entirely ignorant of the manner of proceeding at an election, ranged themselves in lines, one line representing each candidate. At this election the longest line being in favor of Thomas Jefferson, Amos Tullis was directed to go to Lebanon, as their chosen elector, and cast the vote of Hamilton Township for Thomas Jefferson, Digitized by Google
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2016Three Tiered Church Tower
2015Map of Warren County Ohio Highlighting Hamilton Towns…Map
2013Moar Village Site from south
2012Retention Pond
2012Parkway - panoramio (1)
2012Memorial Tree - panoramio (1)
2012Memorial Stone - panoramio (1)
2012Man-made Cascade
2012Hastings Court
2012Farmhouse and Barn
2012Essex Glen
2012Community Playground
2012Community Park
2012Community Grove
2012Community Entrance
2012Brampton Abbey
2008Little Miami Scenic Trail, Peters Cartridge Factory
2007OHMap-doton-Zoar Warren County
2007OHMap-doton-Murdoch
2007OHMap-doton-Middletown Junction
2007OHMap-doton-Hopkinsville
2007OHMap-doton-DallasburgThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Hamilton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Hamilton Township is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #736 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.
4% of Hamilton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 2004.
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 (22), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.
