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History · Racine

Racine’s post office opened in 1852, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

1852first post office
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How Racine began

When was Racine founded?

1852

The Racine post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Grahams Station (1819), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 683174 years
Founding year: the first Racine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Racine’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 Racine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Racine’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Racine’s history is told.

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The story so far

Racine, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Racine yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Racine is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 683 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1852. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 675 in 2010, 683 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Racine, 1819 to 1852

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Grahams Station post office opens
  3. 1852Post officeThe Grahams Station post office closes
  4. 1852Post officeThe Racine post office opens
By decade

Racine, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Racine Public School2016Racine Public SchoolMap of Meigs County Ohio Highlighting Racine Village2015Map of Meigs County Ohio Highlighting Racine VillageMapOHMap-doton-Racine2004OHMap-doton-Racine
Famous people

Famous people close to Racine

Nobody well known was born in Racine itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George Willis RitcheyAmerican astronomer · b. 1864
Royal RobbinsAmerican rock climber · b. 1935
Mary Emilie HolmesAmerican geologist, palaeontologist, teacher an… · b. 1849
Cy MorganMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1878
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Robert L. HoggAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Wendell HolmesAmerican actor · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Racine’s post office has been open since 1852. Another post office, Grahams Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Grahams Station
1819–1852
Racine
1852–today
18101920today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Racine’s history

What year was Racine founded?

The Racine post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 (3), 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.