Howland Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 52% of U.S. towns · #638 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Howland Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Its Register listing is the Dr. John W. Seely House. Its Register listing is the Dr. John W. Seely House. Below: maps from 1959 on.
Photo: Jack Pearce from Boardman, OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers
How Howland Township began
When was Howland Township founded?
1838
The Howland Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Howland (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 19,042188 years
How historic is Howland Township?
B−
More historic than 52% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Howland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Howland Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Howland Township is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #638 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 Howland 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 Howland Township’s 0.5 sits near the middle of its state (47% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share (±2.3 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Howland 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 and burying grounds
Another post office, Howland, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
BolindaleBrown CornerDeForest JunctionForest Grove Mobile Home ParkHowland CenterHowland CornersHowland Mobile Home ParkKing CornersMadden CornersMorgandaleOak Hill Mobile Home ParkRays CornersShady Lane Mobile Home ParkVenice HeightsWilhelm Corner
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Howland Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Howland Township’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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Howland Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Howland Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Along with Liberty Township, it is one of two urban townships in Trumbull County. The 2020 census found 19,042 people in the township.
Its first post office opened in 1838. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 19,106 in 2010, 19,042 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Howland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Warren sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Howland Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Howland Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
The Howland Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Howland Township rank for history?
Howland Township is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #638 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.
What is on the National Register in Howland Township?
One place: the Dr. John W. Seely House (listed 1972).
How old are the homes in Howland Township?
4% of Howland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1972.
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 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.
