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History · Island Creek Township

Island Creek Township’s post office opened in 1826, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 84% of U.S. towns · #243 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Its Register listings are the Federal Land Office, the Independent School District No. 2 Building and the Steubenville Pottery Company Buildings. Below: maps from 1904 on.

1826first post office
3on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Island Creek Township began

When was Island Creek Township founded?

1826

The Island Creek Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Island Creek (1826), Jeddo (1849) and Alikanna (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 10,173200 years

How historic is Island Creek Township?

A−

More historic than 84% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Island Creek Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Island Creek Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #243 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.

A−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Island Creek Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1826, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194021.0% of homes (±4.9) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register3 listings, 6 historic buildings, 5.9 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 84%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 76%

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 Island Creek Township’s 5.9 sits above most of its state (67% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 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 Island Creek Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Island Creek Township, and 14 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Island Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19047 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1984. Watch Island Creek Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1826: 200 years of Island Creek Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Island Creek
1826–1916
Jeddo
1849–1897
Alikanna
1889–1893
Costonia
1897–1937
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlikannaCostoniaFairview HeightsIsland CreekLake LodgeMellwood AcresOverlook HillsPekinPleasant HillPleasant Hills Mobile Home ParkPottery AdditionRidgelandStanton ParkTaylortown
Gone or out of use
Alikanna Post Officepost officeBrier Hill SchoolschoolCostonia Post Officepost officeGranatir AirportairportIsland Creek Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Island Creek Township
Center ChapelCoulter PrivateIsland CreekMount TaborTwo Ridges

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 Island Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Island Creek Township on the map, 1904 to 1984

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

Island Creek Township on the 1904 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1935 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1942 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1958 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1968 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1978 USGS mapIsland Creek Township on the 1984 USGS map1904Steubenville 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 Island Creek Township.

The story so far

Island Creek Township, in brief

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

Island Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 10,173 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1826. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 10,546 to 10,173 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Island Creek Township, 1826 to 1916

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Island Creek post office opens
  3. 1849Post officeThe Jeddo post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Alikanna post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Alikanna post office closes
  6. 1897Post officeThe Jeddo post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1916Post officeThe Island Creek post office closes
By decade

Island Creek Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Southern terminus of Ohio SR 213 at SR 7, May 20242024Southern terminus of Ohio SR 213 at SR 7, May 2024Jefferson County, Ohio Bicentennial Barn2016Jefferson County, Ohio Bicentennial BarnMap of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Island Creek Township2015Map of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Island Cree…MapIndependent School District No. 2 Building 2012-07-132012Independent School District No. 2 Building 2012-07-13Ohio - Jefferson County2007Ohio - Jefferson CountyIsland Creek Township Freeway2007Island Creek Township Freeway
On the National Register

3 historic places in Island Creek Township

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Federal Land Office
Federal Land OfficeIndependent School District No. 2 BuildingSteubenville Pottery Company Buildings
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Federal Land OfficeBuilding
Independent School District No. 2 BuildingGreek Revival
Steubenville Pottery Company BuildingsBuilding

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Steubenville9 historic placesACross Creek Township1 historic placeC+Pottery Addition1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnox Township1 historic placeA−Salem TownshipIts storyC−Toronto1 historic placeB+WintersvilleIts storyB−Ross TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Island Creek Township’s history

What year was Island Creek Township founded?

The Island Creek Township post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Island Creek Township rank for history?

Island Creek Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns, #243 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 Island Creek Township?

Three places: the Federal Land Office (listed 1973), the Independent School District No. 2 Building (1986) and the Steubenville Pottery Company Buildings (1995).

How old are the homes in Island Creek Township?

21% of Island Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1963.

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.