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History · Jewett

Jewett’s post office opened in 1856, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1900.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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How Jewett began

When was Jewett founded?

1856

The Jewett post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 743 in 19002020 census: 554170 years
Founding year: the first Jewett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Jewett’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 Jewett are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,031 in 1940; 554 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Jewett’s homes were built before 1947.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jewett’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Jewett, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,031

Peaked at 1,031 in 1940; 554 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Jewett came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jewett.

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Jewett was originally called Fairview, and under the latter name was platted in 1851. The present name is for T. M. Jewett, a railroad official.

Jewett was the original home of the Jewett Car Company, a street car manufacturer, from 1894 until 1904. The street cars produced by this factory were shipped throughout the United States. The Jewett Car Company relocated to Newark, Ohio in 1904, and ceased operations in 1919.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Jewett, 1856 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Jewett post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 1,031
By decade

Jewett, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Jewett, Ohio Post Office2016Jewett, Ohio Post OfficeJewett United Methodist Church2016Jewett United Methodist ChurchJewett High School (now community center)2016Jewett High School (now community center)Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting Jewett Village2015Map of Harrison County Ohio Highlighting Jewett Villa…MapOHMap-doton-Jewett2004OHMap-doton-Jewett
On the map

Jewett on the map, 1902 to 1961

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

Jewett on the 1902 USGS mapJewett on the 1961 USGS map1902Scio 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 Jewett.

Questions about Jewett’s history

What year was Jewett founded?

The Jewett post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), 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.