Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns · #299 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
7 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1961 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Paris Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #299 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.
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 Paris Township’s 33.0 sits above most of its state (85% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 96 historic buildings outnumber those of 89% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Paris Township’s history is told.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Paris Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 27,167 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 23,645 to 27,167 (+15%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Paris Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The most important early settlement in what is now Paris Township was made in IS 17, by Abraham Amrine and his sons, in what is still known as the Amrine settlement, about two miles northwest of Marysville. So far as known, it was the first settlement made; assuredly the first permanent settlement. A few squattei's may have preceded the Amriues, in the occupancy of the soil of this township, but if so, all traces of them are lost. The Amriue family still has in its possession a considerable quantity of the survey upon which the original settler of this name settled sixtysix years ago.
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THIS was the sixth township constituted in Union County, and was organized as follows: "At a meeting of the Commissioners of the county of Union, on the first Monday of June, 1822, the township of Liberty was organized as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Paris Township, thence west to the county line, thence north to the north boundary of said county, thence east to the west boundary of Paris Township, thence south with said line to the place of beginning, to be known by the name of Liberty Township." Upon the organization of York Township, at a later date,
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Paris 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 Paris Township.
Nobody well known was born in Paris Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Paris Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #299 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.
12% of Paris Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1998.
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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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