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History · Stockport

Stockport’s post office opened in 1838, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on and the census since 1870.

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How Stockport began

When was Stockport founded?

1838

The Stockport post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Big Bottom (1833), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 289 in 18702020 census: 483188 years
Founding year: the first Stockport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Stockport’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 Stockport are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stockport’s homes were built before 1941.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1994. Watch Stockport change.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Stockport.
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Start Stockport’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stockport’s history is told.

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The story

How Stockport came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stockport.

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The town is named after the town in England of the same name. The area was part of what was called the Donation Tract in the Northwest Territory, a portion of 100,000 acres for which Congress authorized grants of 100 acres in 1792 to any male 18 years of older who would settle the land at the time of deed. Congress was seeking to support the development and settlement of adjacent lands owned by the Ohio Company of Associates. The Donation Tract was designed for quick settlement and to serve as a buffer for the Company lands from Native American raids. Several tribes had allied in the Northwest Territory in an effort to expel European-American settlers, and armed conflicts had been underway since 1785. The Stockport post office was established in 1838.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

On the map

Stockport on the map, 1910 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stockport. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Stockport on the 1910 USGS mapStockport on the 1961 USGS mapStockport on the 1975 USGS mapStockport on the 1994 USGS map1910Mc Connelsville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stockport.

Timeline

Stockport, 1833 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Big Bottom post office opens
  3. 1838Post officeThe Big Bottom post office closes
  4. 1838Post officeThe Stockport post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Stockport, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Map of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Stockport Village2015Map of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting Stockport Vill…MapStockport from the south2013Stockport from the southStockport from the east2013Stockport from the eastStockport United Methodist Church2013Stockport United Methodist ChurchStockport Bridge2013Stockport BridgeOHMap-doton-Stockport2004OHMap-doton-Stockport
People over time

Stockport, census by census

010020030040050060018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 558

Between 289 and 558 people in every census since 1870.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stockport’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stockport

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

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
James W. DawesAmerican politician · b. 1844
Frederick Samuel DellenbaughAmerican explorer and artist · b. 1853
Clyde FillmoreAmerican actor · b. 1874
Emmett TompkinsAmerican politician · b. 1853
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Seth ThomasUnited States federal judge · b. 1873
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Stockport’s post office has been open since 1838. Another post office, Big Bottom, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Big Bottom
1833–1838
Stockport
1838–today
18301930today
1cemetery inside Stockport
Stockport

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

Questions about Stockport’s history

What year was Stockport founded?

The Stockport post office opened in 1838, 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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.