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History · Lincoln Heights

15% of Lincoln Heights’ homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1908 on.

1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lincoln Heights’ 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 Lincoln Heights are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19084 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1984. Watch Lincoln Heights change.Old housesHalf of Lincoln Heights’ homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincoln Heights’s history is told.

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On the map

Lincoln Heights on the map, 1908 to 1984

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

Lincoln Heights on the 1908 USGS mapLincoln Heights on the 1960 USGS mapLincoln Heights on the 1972 USGS mapLincoln Heights on the 1984 USGS map1908Ashland 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 Lincoln Heights.

The story so far

Lincoln Heights, in brief

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

Lincoln Heights is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, Ohio, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in east-central Richland County, in the center of the east part of Madison Township. It is bordered to the west by the city of Mansfield, to the east by unincorporated Wooster Heights and to the southwest by unincorporated East Mansfield. U.S. Route 42 (Ashland Road) forms the northwestern edge of the CDP. Route 42 leads northeast 11 miles (18 km) to Ashland and southwest 2 miles (3 km) to the center of Mansfield. Ohio State Route 430 (Wooster Road; former U.S. Route 30) forms the southern edge of the CDP; it l…

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lincoln Heights

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lincoln Heights

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

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Luke PerryAmerican actor · b. 1966
Sherrod BrownAmerican politician and educator · b. 1952
Ernest ClineAmerican novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter · b. 1972
Louis BromfieldAmerican author and conservationist · b. 1896
Amy MainzerAmerican astronomer · b. 1974
Michael L. GernhardtNASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Phy… · b. 1956
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Madison Township1 historic placeB−Mansfield51 historic placesA

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.