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From Wikipedia’s history of Mineral City.
Mineral City was platted in 1853. The village was named for mineral deposits near the original town site.
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How Mineral City began
When was Mineral City founded?
1853
Mineral City dates its founding to 1853 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1870.
First census: 175 in 18702020 census: 652173 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1855.The full story ↓
What stands out about Mineral City’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 Mineral City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mineral City’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,220 in 1900; 652 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19125 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1994. Watch Mineral City change.
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Mineral City, census by census
Peaked at 1,220 in 1900; 652 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mineral City’s Wikipedia page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Mineral City in 1884
Passages that mention Mineral City, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio1884 · page 649Read the page →
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Mineral City was laid out by Alfred Davis and George Lechner in 1853. The original plat consisted of forty lots of various dimensions, located between HufFs Bun and the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad. Broadway and High street are sixty-six feet wide, Railroad street forty-nine and one-half feet wide.
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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio1884 · page 643Read the page →
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export a large amount of coal. The Tunnel Mines have been the most extensive. They were opened soon after the Tuscarawas branch was built, and have been in operation since. One hundred tons are daily shipped. C. E. Holden has recently opened a mine near Mineral City, and about a half-mile to the east the Block Vein Mine has been operated for years. On the Valley road, about a fourth of a mile north of Mineral City, Ridgeway, Burton & Digitized by Google
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.
Timeline
Mineral City, 1853 to 1912
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1853FoundingMineral City is established
- 1855Post officeThe Mineral Point post office opens
- 1893
Born hereJames Seccombe is born here - 20th century
- 1900Post officeThe Mineral Point post office closes
- 1900Post officeThe Mineral City post office opens
- 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 1,220
- 1912
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Mineral City, decade by decade
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Mineral City on the map, 1912 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mineral City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Dover sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mineral City.
Every building
Mineral City, building by building, 1895–1915
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.
1895Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Mineral City’s post office has been open since 1900. Another post office, Mineral Point, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mineral Point
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1cemetery inside Mineral City
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Mineral City’s history
What year was Mineral City founded?
In 1853, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Mineral City’s post office opened in 1855, and the census of 1870 counted 175 people here.
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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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.