The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Seville.
Seville was platted in 1828. It was named after Seville, in Spain.
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History · Seville
Seville’s post office opened in 1873, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Seville Jail. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1870.
1873first post office
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
3famous people
Quick answers
How Seville began, and where its name came from
When was Seville founded?
1873
The Seville post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Guilford (1825), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 597 in 18702020 census: 2,335153 years
How did Seville get its name?
Seville was named after Seville, in Spain.
How historic is Seville?
B
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Seville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Seville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Seville is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Seville’s overall grade.
Founding era1873, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194019.4% of homes (±6.3) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 4.7 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
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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 Seville’s 4.7 sits near the middle of its state (63% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.3 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 Seville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Seville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seville’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Seville on the map, 1904 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Medina sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Seville.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Seville, 1861–1881
Passages that mention Seville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Medina county and Ohio, containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Medina county, giving an account of its aboriginal inhabitants ... pioneer incidents, its growth, its improveme1881Read the page →
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The framework of a saw-mill that had once been conducted at the town of Seville, in Guilford Township, was removed, by Horatio Lyon, in 1845, and was put up at a short distance southeast of the center of Chatham, on the Branch River. In 1868, Mr. D. P. Fellows erected a cheese-factory — the largest establishment of its kind in Medina County — near the Center. He
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Pioneer history of Medina County1861 · page 64Read the page →
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indicate that a town should be commenced, ana in ’28 Henry Hosmer, as proprietor, calling to his aid Nathaniel Bell, then county surveyor, surveyed and plotted a town to which was given the name of Seville, At that period Guilford could boast of two regular mail routs, an excellent tavern kept by Dr. Eastman, a school house, store, blacksmith shop, saw mill and a large number of industrious and experienced farmers, busily
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History of Medina County and Ohio1881 · page 464Read the page →
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In 1830, Henry Hosmer, Chester Hosmer and Aaron Leland erected a saw-mill upon the north side of Hubbard Creek, in the village of Seville. A dam was built about half a mile up the stream, which flowed the water back toward the center road; from this pond, the water was conducted by a race to the mill below. Near the mill was quite a large basin, which, when
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History of Medina County and Ohio1881 · page 466Read the page →
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Eastman took charge of the American House as landlord. Jeremiah Wilcox purchased Chester Hosmer’s farm, north of Hubbard Creek, for $4,000. The village of Seville was platted, and the lots numbered from 1 to 214. William Hosmer resigned the office of Postmaster in favor of Frederic Butler. Peter King commenced to build a grist-mill on the site now
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.
Timeline
Seville, 1825 to 1968
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1825Post officeThe Guilford post office opens
- 1873Post officeThe Guilford post office closes
- 1873Post officeThe Seville post office opens
- 1887
Born hereJohn H. Hoover is born here - 20th century
- 1904
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1938Born hereRoger W. Brockett is born here
- 1968
Born hereCaitlin Cary is born here
By decade
Seville, decade by decade
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2004On the National Register
1 historic place in Seville
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Seville Jail
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Seville, census by census
Grew from 597 people in 1870 to 2,335 in 2020, 3 times over.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Seville’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →3 famous people were born in Seville
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Seville’s post office has been open since 1873. Another post office, Guilford, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Guilford
Seville
18201920today
1cemetery inside Seville
Mound Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Seville’s history
What year was Seville founded?
The Seville post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Seville rank for history?
Seville is more historic than 58% 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.
What is on the National Register in Seville?
One place: the Seville Jail (listed 1997).
How old are the homes in Seville?
19% of Seville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1979.
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Sources
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.