On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pee Pee Township is more historic than 73% of U.S. towns, #398 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pee Pee 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 Pee Pee Township’s 19.1 sits above most of its state (81% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 14 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% 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 (±4.3 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 Pee Pee 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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Daleyville
1874–1903
Peck
1892–1905
Redbridge
1895–1895
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DaleyvilleForest HillsGibson Trailer ParkHillsLake View HeightsLake White Mobile Home ParkPeckPirates CoveRiviera ParkTwin Mills Mobile Home ParkWaverly Gables
Gone or out of use
Daleyville Post Officepost officeGlenwood SchoolschoolPeck Post Officepost officePleasant View SchoolschoolRed Bridge Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pee Pee Township
Barnes Number 2DalevilleHowardNolandOld German Number 1Ridgeway
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pee Pee Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1915Piketon 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 Pee Pee Township.
Pee Pee Township was organized in 1798 as the first township in Pike County. The township's unusual name has been attributed to the Pee Pee Creek; which was so named when an early settler inscribed his initials P. P. on a tree along its banks. Pee Pee Township has gained attention for its distinctive name, which can also be associated with the slang term "peepee," referring to the penis or urine.
Pee Pee Settlement was a free African-American community that existed around 1820, it was a place that was primarily an area for former slaves from Virginia.
Pee Pee Township is more historic than 73% of U.S. towns, #398 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.
How old are the homes in Pee Pee Township?
10% of Pee Pee Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1967.
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 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.
