The Malaga Township post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Monroefield (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,038202 years
How historic is Malaga Township?
B+
More historic than 72% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Malaga Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Malaga Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Malaga Township is more historic than 72% 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 Malaga Township’s overall grade.
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 Malaga Township’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 A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±15.0 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 Malaga Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Malaga Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Malaga is an unincorporated community in northern Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States. Malaga has a ZIP code of 43747 (Jerusalem, as there is no post office in Malaga). It lies at the intersection of State Routes 145 and 800. The community was named after Málaga, in Spain.
Its first post office opened in 1824. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,062 to 1,038 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The Malaga Township post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Malaga Township rank for history?
Malaga Township is more historic than 72% 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 Malaga Township?
35% of Malaga Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±15.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 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.
