Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #879 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Pleasant Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1907 on and old-book passages.
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #879 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Pleasant 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.
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 Pleasant Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pleasant Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pleasant Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 3,143 people living in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,238 to 3,143 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Pleasant Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
In 1822 Nathaniel Cartmell built a grist-mill in Pleasant Township on Buck Creek. This was situated a short distance further west than the Hunter Mill.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The village of Catawba is located in the northwestern part of Pleasant Township, on the road leading from Vienna to Mechanicsburg, about fourteen miles from Springfield. It was regularly laid out by Cass and Marsh upon the lands owned by George Dawson, in 1838. Prior to this time there was considerable of a settle-
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.
Nobody well known was born in Pleasant 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.
Pleasant Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #879 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.
9% of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1979.
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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