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More historic than 62% of U.S. towns · #513 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Springdale was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Its Register listing is the Becker House. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1870.
The Springdale post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Springfield (1813) and Crescentville (1888), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Springdale is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #513 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds 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 Springdale’s 0.9 sits near the middle of its state (48% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Springdale’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Springdale. 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 Springdale.
Springdale had its own post office from 1828 to 1911. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Springdale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Springdale is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cincinnati. The population was 11,007 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 11,223 in 2010, 11,007 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Springdale, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Griffin’s Station was situated “ at a point where the Carthage and Springdale turnpike now crosses Mill creek, southwest of the village of Hartwell and about a half-mile west of White’s Station.” The settlement here was founded by Lieut.
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Griffin’s Station was situated * 4 at a point where the Carthage and Springdale turnpike now crosses Mill creek, southwest of the village of Hartwell and about a half-mile west of White’s Station.” The settlement here was founded by Lieut.
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Springdale Presbyterian Church. — The founders of the Pleasant Valley settlement were principally Presbyterians, and met for worship at the station of that name (otherwise known as Foster’s Station) as early as 1792. They were ministered to by Mr. James Kemper, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Kentucky. In 1798 Peter Wilson and Archibald Steele were each appointed to supply one Sabbath here, and in 1799 this church was one of the original constituent congregations of the Presbytery of Washington, Kentucky. On the 4t.h of April, 1796, a subscription paper was drawn up for the erection of a place of worship, all subscriptions to
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Springdale Presbyterian Church . — The founders of the Pleasant Valley settlement were principally Presbyterians, and met for worship at the station of that name (otherwise known as Foster’s Station) as early»as 1792. They were ministered to by Mr. James Kemper, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Kentucky. In 1798 Peter Wilson and Archibald Steele were each appointed to supply one Sabbath here, and in 1799 this church was one of the original constituent congregations of the Presbytery of Washington, Kentucky. On the 4th of April, 1796, a subscription paper was drawn up for the erection of a place of worship, all subscriptions to
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereWilliam McClure Thomson is born here
Born hereSamuel Furman Hunt is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings 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 382 and 11,223 people in every census since 1870.
8 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Springdale’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Springdale post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Springdale is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #513 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.
One place: the Becker House (listed 1974).
10% of Springdale’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.2 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1971.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
