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History · Hoytville

Hoytville’s post office opened in 1874, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1890.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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How Hoytville began

When was Hoytville founded?

1874

The Hoytville post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hoyts Corners (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 395 in 18902020 census: 220152 years
Founding year: the first Hoytville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hoytville’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 Hoytville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hoytville’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Hoytville’s collection

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

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The story

How Hoytville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hoytville.

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Hoytville was platted in 1873 when the railroad was extended to that point. The village was named after William Hoyt, an original proprietor of the town site. A former variant name was Hoyts Corners. A post office called Hoyts Corners was established in 1872, and the name was changed to Hoytville in 1874. The village was incorporated in 1886.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hoytville, 1872 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Hoyts Corners post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Hoyts Corners post office closes
  4. 1874Post officeThe Hoytville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hoytville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Anderson's Mill2022Anderson's MillMain from Church2015Main from ChurchHoytville United Methodist Church2015Hoytville United Methodist ChurchMap of Wood County Ohio Highlighting Hoytville Village2015Map of Wood County Ohio Highlighting Hoytville VillageMapHoytville, Ohio2012Hoytville, OhioOHMap-doton-Hoytville2004OHMap-doton-Hoytville
On the map

Hoytville on the map in 1960

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hoytville.

Hoytville on the 1960 USGS map1960Hoytville 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 Hoytville.

People over time

Hoytville, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 431

Between 220 and 431 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hoytville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hoytville

Nobody well known was born in Hoytville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Gene SharpAmerican political scientist · b. 1928
Charles N. HaskellGovernor of Oklahoma; politician · b. 1860
Del LattaAmerican politician · b. 1920
Marc KraussAmerican baseball player · b. 1987
J
Johnny JohnsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
R
Rich ReeseAmerican baseball player · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Hoytville’s post office has been open since 1874. Another post office, Hoyts Corners, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hoyts Corners
1872–1874
Hoytville
1874–today
18701950today

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

Questions about Hoytville’s history

What year was Hoytville founded?

The Hoytville post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.