The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of New Vienna.
New Vienna was originally called Buzzard's Glory, and under the latter name was laid out in 1835.
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New Vienna’s post office opened in 1841, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1917 on, and the census since 1860.
1841first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How New Vienna began
When was New Vienna founded?
1841
The New Vienna post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 580 in 18602020 census: 1,108185 years
How historic is New Vienna?
B
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first New Vienna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives New Vienna’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, New Vienna is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of New Vienna’s overall grade.
Founding era1841, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194017.1% of homes (±7.5) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
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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 New Vienna’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.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.5 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 New Vienna’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Vienna’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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New Vienna on the map, 1917 to 1960
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Vienna. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1917Sabina 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 New Vienna.
Timeline
New Vienna, 1841 to 1917
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
From the old history books
What they wrote about New Vienna, 1882–1915
Passages that mention New Vienna, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Clinton County Ohio1915 · page 783Read the page →
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Frank O. Allison was reared in New Vienna and was educated in the public schools there, finishing his educational training in the high school at New Vienna. He was station agent at New Vienna for several years for the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, but in 1908 was transferred to Blanchester and since then has been station agent at the latter place.
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History of Clinton County Ohio1915 · page 270Read the page →
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far-off wilderness served as a nucleus around which many others gathered. Joshua and Stephen Hussey emigrated from North Carolina. their native state. in the year 1806-07 and bought land in this township, a portion of which is included in the present limits of the town of New Vienna. The first house built by these brothers was only a_ short distance from New Vienna. Charles Harris. who was the father of Elisha Harris. bought a tract of land in this township and began the work of improving it and getting it under cultivation. About the same time. Thomas Cox. who was the father of Vincent Cox. of New Vienna. settled here. Other early settlers who assisted in the upbuilding
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The History of Clinton county, Ohio1882 · page 783Read the page →
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Frank O. Allison wns reared in New Vienna nnd was educated In the public schools there, finishing bis educational training in the high school at New Vienna. He was station agent nt New Vienna for several years for the Baltimore * Ohio Railway Company, but In 19ns was transferred to Blanchester and since then has been station agent at the latter place.
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The history of Clinton County, Ohio1882 · page 711Read the page →
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New Vienna was laid out by Thomas Hussey, in 1827. Jonathan Haworth was the first settler in the town after it was laid out. He settled the lot now owned by Thomas L. Rogers, and on the back' part of the lot he and Thomas Reese erected a carding machine.
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.
By decade
New Vienna, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2013
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2012
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Stand where they stood
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Retake this viewWomen's whisky war in Ohio - sketched by John R. Chapin, 1874
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on New Vienna’s page.
Retake this view · +15People over time
New Vienna, census by census
Between 573 and 1,294 people in every census since 1860.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Vienna’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to New Vienna
Nobody well known was born in New Vienna itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
New Vienna’s post office has been open since 1841.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Emerald Pines Mobile Home Park
1cemetery inside New Vienna
New Vienna
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about New Vienna’s history
What year was New Vienna founded?
The New Vienna post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does New Vienna rank for history?
New Vienna is more historic than 58% 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.
How old are the homes in New Vienna?
17% of New Vienna’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1973.
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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 (6), Wikipedia, 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 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.