Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 79% of U.S. towns · #325 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Sharon Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1901 on.
More historic than 79% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sharon Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #325 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 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 Sharon Township’s 395 sits above most of its state (98% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 672 historic buildings outnumber those of 98% 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 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.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sharon Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sharon 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 Sharon Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sharon Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 17,168.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 15,969 to 17,168 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Nobody well known was born in Sharon 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.
Sharon Township is more historic than 79% of U.S. towns, #325 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.
7% of Sharon Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1963.
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 (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
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