Miamisburg dates to 1797, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 86% of U.S. towns · #223 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 50 buildings. Below: 7 old photos and papers, maps from 1886 on, and the census since 1840.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1822.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Miamisburg’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Miamisburg is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #223 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Miamisburg’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 Miamisburg’s 25.6 sits above most of its state (83% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 51 historic buildings outnumber those of 85% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1797.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Miamisburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Every building
Miamisburg, building by building, 1886–1919
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 year, then a sheet.
European-Americans started calling their first community "Hole's Station" circa 1797, when Zechariah Hole settled there with his family from Virginia and built a stockade on the west bank of the Miami River opposite the mouth of Bear Creek. The stockade attracted squatters, surveying parties, and other settlers who had taken grants to live in the local cabins until they could build their own; hence the little community became known as "Hole's Station". Settlers came west primarily from Pennsylvania. Miamisburg was incorporated in 1832 as a village; it achieved city status in the 1920s.
Passages that mention Miamisburg, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio1909 · page 842Read the page →
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St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Lutheranism antedates the laying out of the village of Miamisburg. Over a century ago, a few Lutheran families made the trying and tiresome journey from the rich fields and prosperous farms of old far-famed Berks county, Pennsylvania, over the rough mountains, through miles and miles of almost impenetrable forests, and over bridgeless streams, and settled in and around what was then called, "Hole's Station."
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The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county1882 · page 148Read the page →
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For more than thirty-live years after the first settlement at “ Hole’s Station there were no members of this church who located permanently in this vici; ity, but in 1834 Michael Meyers and family settled at Miamisburg, and m: be called the pioneer Catholics of the present congregation. In 1840, M Swisler and family came, and four years later Nicholas Meyer, a brother the former one mentioned, and who is yet a resident of Miamisburg. 1 1845, George Shoup and family located here, and in June, 1847, Geor; Becker, with his family, concluded to make Miamisburg their home, and w
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History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio1909 · page 835Read the page →
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The village of Miamisburg was founded 1818. On that date there were possibly twelve or fifteen families living on v/hat is now the site of the present Miamisburg.
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The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county1882 · page 343Read the page →
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In February, 1818, the town of Miamisburg was platted by Peter and John Treon, Jacob Kercher and Emanuel Grebhart, and within a few days, the following announcement was made: PUBLIC VENDUE.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Miamisburg, 1797 to 1920
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1797, according to Wikidata. Miamisburg’s post office opened in 1822, and the census of 1840 counted 834 people here.
How does Miamisburg rank for history?
Miamisburg is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #223 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 Miamisburg?
Three places: the Market Square (listed 1975), the Jacob's Church (1990) and the Miamisburg Mound (1970).
How old are the homes in Miamisburg?
15% of Miamisburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 (12), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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