Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 1990.
More historic than 48% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Homer Township is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull 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 Homer 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.
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.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Homer Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Homer 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 Homer Township.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Homer Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Homer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,606 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,462 to 1,606 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Homer Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Wayne County, located in the southwestern part of llarrisvilie Township. He removed in the spring of 1831, into the territory which is now included in Homer Township, and there made the first permanent settlement. With the assistance of two or three of his sons, who were then growing into manhood, he erected a cabin and a few rude structures for the shelter of his
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Wayne County, located in the southwestern part of Harrisville Township. He removed in the spring of 1831, into the territory which is now included in Homer Township, and there made the first permanent settlement. With the and a few rude structures for the shelter of his domestic animals, consisting of several yoke of oxen and a horse. The wilderness was broken,
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Pawnee is a post office, situated in Harrisville Township, three miles west of Lodi, in the western part, on the line of Homer Township. It was formerly known as Esselburn's Corners. There are about a dozen houses clustered together, and the inhabitants are all mostly Germans. In 1872, Louis Esselbürn erected a
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Pawnee is a post office, situated in Harrisville Township, three miles west of Lodi, in the western part, on the line of Homer Township- It was formerly known as Esselburn’s Corners. There are about a dozen houses clustered together, and the inhabitants are all mostly Germans. In 1872, Louis Esselburn erected a
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Homer Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 1,196 and 1,606 people in every census since 1990.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Homer Township’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Homer Township is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. 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.
23% of Homer Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1994.
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 (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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