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More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #886 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Seven Hills was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Its Register listings are the John Froelich House, the Joseph II Kuenzer House and the Daniel Gabel House. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1930.
Seven Hills dates its founding to 1927 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Seven Hills is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #886 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls 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 Seven Hills’ 2.6 sits near the middle of its state (55% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
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 Seven Hills’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seven Hills. 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 Seven Hills.
From Wikipedia’s history of Seven Hills.
Seven Hills was incorporated as a village in 1927, from the remaining unincorporated portion of Independence Township.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereAsh by Elegance is born hereWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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.
Between 383 and 13,650 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Seven Hills’ Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1927, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1930 counted 383 people here.
Seven Hills is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #886 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.
Three places: the John Froelich House (listed 1974), the Joseph II Kuenzer House (1974) and the Daniel Gabel House (1978).
5% of Seven Hills’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1967.
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 Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
