History · Lordstown

Lordstown’s post office opened in 1857, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #767 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Most of Lordstown was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listing is the Almon G. McCorkle House. Its Register listing is the Almon G. McCorkle House. Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1980.

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Quick answers

How Lordstown began, and where its name came from

When was Lordstown founded?

1857

The Lordstown post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Eden (1834), Duck Creek (1848) and Tiger (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 3,280 in 19802020 census: 3,332169 years

How did Lordstown get its name?

Lordstown was named for Samuel P. Lord, who laid out the township.

How historic is Lordstown?

C⁺

More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓

Founding year: the first Lordstown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

History grade

What drives Lordstown’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lordstown is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #767 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C⁺

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

Founding era1857, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC⁺Homes built before 19407.0% of homes (±3.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%C⁺National Register1 listing, 3.0 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B⁻

All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 38%

NewerOlder

Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 23%

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 Lordstown’s 3.0 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.5 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 Lordstown’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 Lordstown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lordstown, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19085 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1994. Watch Lordstown change.

★ What stands out · Help out

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

Decades since 1900 with photos

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.

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Places that used to be

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

Lordstown had its own post office from 1857 to 1900. Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eden

1834–1857

Duck Creek

1848–1865

Lordstown

1857–1900

Tiger

1869–1901

Lamont

1895–1900

18301930today

Hamlets and corners on the map

Duck CreekImperial Mobile Home ParkSoaptown

Gone or out of use

Duck Creek Post Officepost officeLordstown Military ReservationmilitaryLordstown Post Officepost officeLordstown StationlocaleTiger Post Officepost office

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lordstown

Lordstown CenterPaltzgroffSaints Peter and PaulSoaptown

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

On the map

Lordstown on the map, 1908 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lordstown. 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 Lordstown.

The story

How Lordstown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lordstown.

Read it all →

Lordstown Township was one of the original survey townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve as Town 3, Range 4. It was named for Samuel P. Lord, who laid out the township. Except for a small section which was annexed to Warren Township, Lordstown Township nearly completely incorporated as the village of Lordstown in 1975.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lordstown, 1834 to 1984

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

19th century
1834Post officeThe Eden post office opens
1848Post officeThe Duck Creek post office opens
1857Post officeThe Eden post office closes
1857Post officeThe Lordstown post office opens
1865Post officeThe Duck Creek post office closes
20th century
1900Post officeThe Lordstown post office closes
1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
1984Born hereRickey Shane Page is born here

By decade

Lordstown, decade by decade

Today30 recent

2013Lordstown-Ohio Commerce Center (JRS)

2004OHMap-doton-Lordstown

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lordstown

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

place listed

National Historic Landmarks

none yet

historic buildings protected

each building in a district counts

first listed

1982

Almon G. McCorkle House

Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1

Almon G. McCorkle HouseQueen Anne

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

People over time

Lordstown, census by census

Between 3,280 and 3,633 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Weathersfield Township4 historic placesB Newton Township3 historic placesA⁺Warren TownshipIts storyB Jackson TownshipIts storyB⁻Austintown Township2 historic placesC

Questions about Lordstown’s history

What year was Lordstown founded?

The Lordstown post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Lordstown rank for history?

Lordstown is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #767 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 Lordstown?

One place: the Almon G. McCorkle House (listed 1982).

How old are the homes in Lordstown?

7% of Lordstown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1977.

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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 (30), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.

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