On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Milford Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #286 of 993 in Ohio. All 2 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 Milford 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 Milford Township’s 30.9 sits above most of its state (84% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.7 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Milford Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Darrtown, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Darrtown
1825–1907
Somerville
1834–today
Collinsville
1836–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CollinsvilleDarrtownJerichoSomerville
Gone or out of use
Darrtown Post Officepost officeDingledine PitmineE-DOT FieldairportGreenbrier SchoolschoolHillcrest AirportairportJackson SchoolschoolSchool Number 11schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 7schoolSchool Number 9school
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Milford Township
CollinsvilleMilfordScottSomerville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Milford Township on the map, 1911 to 1988
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Milford Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1911Oxford 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 Milford Township.
The seventh township in order of creation, it was erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805.
This area was diminished to the present territory when the western half, another full survey township commonly known as the "college township", was separated from Milford Township by the Butler County Commissioners (James Blackburn, William Robison, and John Wingate) on August 5, 1811, to form Oxford Township.
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.
Milford Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #286 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 Milford Township?
Two places: the Unzicker-Cook House (listed 1974) and the Lane's Mill Historic Buildings (1980).
How old are the homes in Milford Township?
15% of Milford Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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