Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1836.
History grade
What drives Suffield Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Suffield Township is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #613 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Suffield Township’s overall grade.
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 Suffield Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1802.
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 (±4.9 points).
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 →
What stands out about Suffield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Suffield
1836–1963
Mishler
1882–1917
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Five CornersLogtownMishlerPonySuffieldSuffield Station
Gone or out of use
Mishler Post Officepost officeSuffield Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Suffield Township
East LawnSaint MichaelsSpringfieldUpson Meacham
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Suffield Township on the map, 1906 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Suffield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Kent 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 Suffield Township.
The story so far
Suffield Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Suffield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Suffield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,973 people in the township. Suffield was founded in 1802 and formally organized in 1818. It is best known as being the home of the Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar, which serves as the operations center for the Goodyear Blimps and the home base for the semi-rigid airship Wingfoot One.
Suffield Township was established in 1802. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 6,311 to 5,973 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Suffield Township in 1885
Passages that mention Suffield Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Portage County, Ohio1885 · page 907Read the page →
Read the text
Schwartz). After his marriage Mr. Paulus settled in Suffield Township, this county, and followed his trade for six years, which he was obliged to abandon on account of failing health. Upon his partial recovery from a prolonged illness, he engaged in farming and also in contracting for the erection of buildings. In 1849 he was elected Constable, serving nearly two terms. In August, 3851, he was elected Justice of the Peace and has held the position to this day, the longest continuous term of service in the county. In 1852 he was elected Township Clerk, which office he served two terms. In 1869 he
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
Suffield Township, 1802 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1802, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Suffield Township’s post office opened in 1836.
How does Suffield Township rank for history?
Suffield Township is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #613 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.
How old are the homes in Suffield Township?
14% of Suffield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1970.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
