Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Mesopotamia Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
AHistory
History · Mesopotamia Township

Mesopotamia Township’s post office opened in 1805, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 93% of U.S. towns · #110 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 12 buildings. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1990.

1805first post office
1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Quick answers

How Mesopotamia Township began

When was Mesopotamia Township founded?

1805

The Mesopotamia Township post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,533 in 19902020 census: 3,404221 years

How historic is Mesopotamia Township?

A

More historic than 93% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Mesopotamia Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Mesopotamia Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mesopotamia Township is more historic than 93% of U.S. towns, #110 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its age lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mesopotamia Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1805, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194029.4% of homes (±16.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register1 listing, 12 historic buildings, 35.2 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 93%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 89%

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 Mesopotamia Township’s 35.2 sits above most of its state (86% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 12 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±16.5 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 Mesopotamia Township’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 Mesopotamia Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Mesopotamia Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1805: 221 years of Mesopotamia Township.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Mesopotamia Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Mesopotamia Township on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Mesopotamia Township on the 1905 USGS mapMesopotamia Township on the 1952 USGS mapMesopotamia Township on the 1970 USGS mapMesopotamia Township on the 1994 USGS map1905Bristolville 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 Mesopotamia Township.

Timeline

Mesopotamia Township, 1805 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1805Post officeThe Mesopotamia post office opens
  3. 1825Born hereLeander F. Frisby is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Mesopotamia Township, in brief

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

Mesopotamia Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,404 people in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1805. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,387 in 2010, 3,404 in 2020.

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

By decade

Mesopotamia Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Map of Trumbull County Ohio Highlighting Mesopotamia Township2015Map of Trumbull County Ohio Highlighting Mesopotamia …MapMesopotamia village green2012Mesopotamia village greenGAR memorial at2012GAR memorial atCommercial buildings at Mesopotamia Center2012Commercial buildings at Mesopotamia Center
On the National Register

1 listing protects 12 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
12
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Mesopotamia Village District
Mesopotamia Village District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Gothic Revival1
Vernacular1
Italianate1
Victorian Gothic1
Federal1
All 1 listings
Mesopotamia Village DistrictDistrict · listed 1974

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

People over time

Mesopotamia Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50020002020Peak: 3,404

Between 2,533 and 3,404 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Mesopotamia
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mesopotamia Township
ClarkFairview

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Middlefield TownshipIts storyB−Farmington TownshipIts storyBBloomfield Township3 historic placesA−Windsor Township3 historic placesAParkman TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Mesopotamia Township’s history

What year was Mesopotamia Township founded?

The Mesopotamia Township post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Mesopotamia Township rank for history?

Mesopotamia Township is more historic than 93% of U.S. towns, #110 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 Mesopotamia Township?

One place: the Mesopotamia Village District (listed 1974).

How old are the homes in Mesopotamia Township?

29% of Mesopotamia Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±16.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1970.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.