Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1880.
The Mifflin Township post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mifflin Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Mifflin 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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mifflin Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mifflin Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mifflin Township.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Mifflin Township.
Mifflin was originally called Petersburg, and under the latter name was laid out in 1816. A post office called Mifflin was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1907.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Mifflin Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
At a meeting of the citizens and pioneers of Ashland and Richland Counties, held at Copus Hill, in Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio, Sept. 15th, 1882, the President of Ashland County Pioneer Association, Daniel Kauffman, called the meeting to order. The programme of the first part of the meeting was carried out by the local committee of Mifflin Township and the exercises
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Mifflin Township — Frederick Dale, born in Petersburg, Sept. 4, 1827, died Aug. 8, 1881, aged 53 years, 11 months and 4 days. Christian King, born in Germany, and died Feb. 8, 1882, aged 82 years, 3 months and 8 days.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Between 132 and 216 people in every census since 1880.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mifflin Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Mifflin Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Mifflin Township post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Mifflin Township is more historic than 56% 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.
15% of Mifflin Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1979.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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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