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History · Owensville

Owensville’s post office opened in 1832

Most of Owensville was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 1860.

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How Owensville began

When was Owensville founded?

1832

The Owensville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 357 in 18602020 census: 786194 years
Founding year: the first Owensville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Owensville’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 Owensville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1870 and 1900, then grew 3-fold.On the map since 19163 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1965. Watch Owensville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of Owensville.
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Start Owensville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Owensville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Owensville, census by census

02004006008001,000190019502000377 in 1870Low: 260

Lost a third of its people between 1870 and 1900, then grew 3-fold.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Owensville’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Owensville on the map, 1916 to 1965

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Owensville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Owensville on the 1916 USGS mapOwensville on the 1953 USGS mapOwensville on the 1965 USGS map1916Batavia 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 Owensville.

The story

How Owensville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Owensville.

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Owensville was called Boston, and under the latter name was platted in 1836. A post office called Owensville has been in operation since 1832. The present name is derived from Mr. Owens, the first postmaster.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Owensville, 1832 to 1990

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Owensville post office opens
  3. 1847Born hereJohn M. Pattison is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1916On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 1,019
By decade

Owensville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Map of Clermont County Ohio Highlighting Owensville Village2015Map of Clermont County Ohio Highlighting Owensville V…MapOwensvilleOH22013OwensvilleOH2OwensvilleOH12013OwensvilleOH1Owensville, Ohio2012Owensville, OhioOHMap-doton-Owensville2004OHMap-doton-Owensville
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Stonelick Township1 historic placeB−Batavia TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Owensville’s history

What year was Owensville founded?

The Owensville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (5), 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) 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.