History · Leavittsburg

Leavittsburg’s post office opened in 1864, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 2000.

1864first post office

0on the National Register

32%homes built before 1940

2famous people

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How Leavittsburg began

When was Leavittsburg founded?

1864

The Leavittsburg post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,200 in 20002020 census: 1,571162 years

How historic is Leavittsburg?

B⁻

More historic than 49% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓

Founding year: the first Leavittsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

History grade

What drives Leavittsburg’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Leavittsburg is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B⁻

HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Leavittsburg’s overall grade.

Founding era1864, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC⁺Homes built before 194031.7% of homes (±14.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C⁻

All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 49%

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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 Leavittsburg’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 is a Census survey estimate (±14.5 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 Leavittsburg’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 Leavittsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1994. Watch Leavittsburg change.Old housesHalf of Leavittsburg’s homes were built before 1951.

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

Decades since 1900 with photos

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On the map

Leavittsburg on the map, 1908 to 1994

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

1908Warren 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 Leavittsburg.

The story

How Leavittsburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Leavittsburg.

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Leavittsburg is named for the Leavitt family of Suffield, Connecticut, a prominent early mercantile New England family originally from Hingham, Massachusetts. Thaddeus Leavitt Esq. was one of the eight original purchasers of the Western Reserve lands from the state of Connecticut. (Leavitt and Suffield businessmen Oliver Phelps, Gideon Granger, Luther Loomis and Asahel Hatheway owned between them one-quarter of all the lands in the Western Reserve assigned to Connecticut.) Leavitt was married to Elizabeth King, the daughter of William King and Lucy (Hatheway), two prominent Suffield families. Leavitt had a fleet of ships that traded as far afield as the British West Indies and was a selectman for the town of Suffield. He was also the inventor of an early cotton gin.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Leavittsburg, 1908 to 1931

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

20th century
1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
1927Born hereFred Richards is born here
1931Born hereRoy Eugene Davis is born here

By decade

Leavittsburg, decade by decade

Today3 recent

2026LaBrae High School 2026

2026Bascom Elementary

2004OHMap-doton-Leavittsburg

Every building

Leavittsburg, building by building, 1922

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Leavittsburg fire insurance map, 1922, sheet 1

1922Sheet 1 of 1

Sheets

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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Leavittsburg, census by census

Between 1,571 and 2,200 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Leavittsburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Fred RichardsAmerican baseball player · b. 1927

Roy Eugene DavisAmerican Kriya Yoga teacher and author · b. 1931

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Warren TownshipIts storyB Warren9 historic placesA

Questions about Leavittsburg’s history

What year was Leavittsburg founded?

The Leavittsburg post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Leavittsburg rank for history?

Leavittsburg is more historic than 49% 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.

How old are the homes in Leavittsburg?

32% of Leavittsburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1951.

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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 (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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