The story
Read it all →How Sycamore Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Sycamore Township.
Sycamore was laid out in 1842, its name derived from nearby Sycamore Creek.
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History · Sycamore Township
Sycamore Township’s post office opened in 1828, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1880.
1828first post office
0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Sycamore Township began
When was Sycamore Township founded?
1828
The Sycamore Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Deunouat (1830), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 272 in 18802020 census: 1,462198 years
How historic is Sycamore Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 75% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Sycamore Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Sycamore Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sycamore Township is more historic than 75% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Sycamore Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194044.2% of homes (±7.9) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 75%
NewerOlder
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 Sycamore 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.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.9 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 Sycamore Township’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 Sycamore Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,096 in 1970; 793 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1971. Watch Sycamore Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Sycamore Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sycamore Township’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.People over time
Sycamore Township, census by census
Peaked at 1,096 in 1970; 793 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sycamore Township’s Wikipedia page.
On the map
Sycamore Township on the map, 1906 to 1971
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sycamore Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Sycamore 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 Sycamore Township.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Sycamore Township in 1884
Passages that mention Sycamore Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county1884 · page 996Read the page →
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The first house in Sycamore Township was erected by Samuel Harper about the year 1821. It was of hewed logs, dimensions 18x18 feet, one and a half stories high, and it stood till 1834-35. The first saw mill was established by William Griffith in 1830 on Section 18; it was operated until destroyed by fire in 1876-77; and the first grist-mill was known as Taylor's mill, erected on Sycamore Creek in Section 17 by George W. Taylor in 1843-44. It had two run of buhrs, and is still being operated.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county1884 · page 998Read the page →
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This village is situated on Sycamore Creek between Sections 17 and 18, and on the line of the Ohio Central Railroad. It was laid out in the year 1842, while Sycamore Township was yet apart of Crawford County. " Old Sycamore " as it is now termed, was of slow growth, and never attained higher than an ordinary country hamlet. Subsequent additions have been made, rather plats laid out independent of the "old town," till it now comprises a thriving village of over 300 inhabitants. The first house erected on the site of the village was in the year 1836. It was a store 18x30 feet
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
Sycamore Township, 1830 to 1970
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Sycamore Township, decade by decade
2015
2015
2015
2004Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Deunouat, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Deunquat
Gone or out of use
Deunquat Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sycamore Township
BadgerBretz FarmCurlisOld SycamorePipetownPleasant View
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 Sycamore Township’s history
What year was Sycamore Township founded?
The Sycamore Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Sycamore Township rank for history?
Sycamore Township is more historic than 75% 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.
How old are the homes in Sycamore Township?
44% of Sycamore Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1955.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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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 (4), Wikipedia, 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.