The Pierpont Township post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Pierpont Centre (1844), Ship (1880) and Gould (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,158202 years
How historic is Pierpont Township?
B+
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Pierpont Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Pierpont Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pierpont Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pierpont 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 Pierpont Township’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 (±14.4 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 Pierpont 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.
Pierpont
1824–today
Pierpont Centre
1844–1850
Ship
1880–1903
Gould
1886–1905
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AndersonGouldPierpontShipp
Gone or out of use
Pierpont Centre Post Officepost officeShip Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Pierpont Township
Evergreen
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pierpont Township on the map, 1906 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pierpont Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Conneaut 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 Pierpont Township.
The story so far
Pierpont Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pierpont Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pierpont is an unincorporated community in central Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44082. Served by Area Code 440 Exchange 577. Pierpont is at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 167. The community has the name of Pierpont Edwards, a Connecticut Land Company agent.
Its first post office opened in 1824. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,285 to 1,158 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Pierpont Township, 1824 to 1987
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Pierpont Township post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Pierpont Township rank for history?
Pierpont Township is more historic than 70% 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 Pierpont Township?
32% of Pierpont Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1965.
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
