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History · Huntington Township

Huntington Township’s post office opened in 1828, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it

19 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1904 on.

1828first post office
19on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Huntington Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Huntington Township began

When was Huntington Township founded?

1828

The Huntington Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Huntington (1828) and Bakers Crossing (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,361198 years

How historic is Huntington Township?

A

More historic than 94% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Huntington Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Huntington Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Huntington Township is more historic than 94% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Huntington Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194024.6% of homes (±14.8) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register19 listings, 49 historic buildings, 338 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 94%
NewerOlder

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 Huntington Township’s 338 sits above most of its state (98% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 49 historic buildings outnumber those of 85% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±14.8 points). 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 Huntington 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register19 places on the National Register.On the map since 19043 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1973. Watch Huntington Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Huntington Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Huntington Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSchool buses at consolidated school for…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the National Register

19 historic places in Huntington Township

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

places listed
19
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
49
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Ansel Clark House
Ansel Clark HouseBenjamin Wadsworth HouseDarlon Allen HouseHuntington GrangeHuntington Inn, OldHuntington Public SchoolHuntington Township HallJohn A. Chapman HouseNimocks HouseO. T. Baker HouseUnited Church of HuntingtonWest HouseWhitney Clark HouseWilliam Nooney HouseBaptist Parsonage, OldGregg HouseJ. B. Wilber HouseMethodist Parsonage, OldSage House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Lang, Reuel1
Baker, O.T.1
Ansel Clark HouseBuilding
Benjamin Wadsworth HouseBuilding
Darlon Allen HouseBuilding
Huntington GrangeBuilding
Huntington Inn, OldBuilding
Huntington Public SchoolBuilding
Huntington Township HallBuilding
John A. Chapman HouseLang, Reuel
All 19 listings
Nimocks HouseBuilding · listed 1979O. T. Baker HouseBuilding · listed 1979United Church of HuntingtonBuilding · listed 1979West HouseBuilding · listed 1979Whitney Clark HouseBuilding · listed 1979William Nooney HouseBuilding · listed 1979Baptist Parsonage, OldBuilding · listed 1979Gregg HouseBuilding · listed 1979J. B. Wilber HouseBuilding · listed 1979Methodist Parsonage, OldBuilding · listed 1979Sage HouseBuilding · listed 1979

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

On the map

Huntington Township on the map, 1904 to 1973

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

Huntington Township on the 1904 USGS mapHuntington Township on the 1961 USGS mapHuntington Township on the 1973 USGS map1904Wellington 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 Huntington Township.

The story so far

Huntington Township, in brief

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

Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,361.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,341 in 2010, 1,361 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Huntington Township, 1828 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Huntington post office opens
  3. 1854Born hereMyron Timothy Herrick is born here
  4. 1892Post officeThe Bakers Crossing post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1912Post officeThe Huntington post office closes
  8. 1917Post officeThe Bakers Crossing post office closes
  9. 1940In the archiveSchool buses at consolidated school for Huntington Township. Ross County, Ohio
By decade

Huntington Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s2 items
School buses at consolidated school for Huntington Township. Ross County, Ohio1940School buses at consolidated school for Huntington To…School buses at consolidated school for Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio1940School buses at consolidated school for Huntington To…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today10 recent
Huntington Township Hall2013Huntington Township HallHuntington Old Center School2013Huntington Old Center SchoolGregg House near Wellington2013Gregg House near WellingtonBenjamin Wadsworth House2013Benjamin Wadsworth HouseAnsel Clark House2013Ansel Clark HouseWest House in Huntington Township2012West House in Huntington TownshipOld Huntington Inn2012Old Huntington InnNimocks House in Huntington Township2012Nimocks House in Huntington TownshipHuntington Public School2012Huntington Public SchoolHuntington Grange2012Huntington Grange
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

School buses at consolidated school for Huntington Township. Ross County, Ohio
Retake this viewSchool buses at consolidated school for Huntington Township. Ross County, Ohio, 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Huntington Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

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

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

Huntington
1828–1912
Bakers Crossing
1892–1917
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Huntington
Gone or out of use
Dirlams StorelocaleHuntington Post Officepost officeHuntington Public SchoolschoolHuntington Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huntington Township
Huntington CenterUniversalist

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wellington Township6 historic placesAWellington3 historic placesASullivan TownshipIts storyBRochester Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpencer TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Huntington Township’s history

What year was Huntington Township founded?

The Huntington Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Huntington Township rank for history?

Huntington Township is more historic than 94% 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.

What is on the National Register in Huntington Township?

19 listings: 19 buildings, among them the Ansel Clark House (listed 1979, the first). 49 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Huntington Township?

25% of Huntington Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1991.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (10), the Library of Congress (2), the National Register of Historic Places (19), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.