Tallmadge dates to 1807, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 61% of U.S. towns · #525 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Tallmadge was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Its Register listing is the Francis D. Alling House. Its Register listing is the Francis D. Alling House. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1906 on, and the census since 1880.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1814.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Tallmadge’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tallmadge is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #525 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tallmadge’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 Tallmadge’s 1.1 sits near the middle of its state (49% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1807.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Tallmadge’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Historically, Tallmadge was a part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, which was a three million acre plot of land in northeast Ohio. Prior to being named Tallmadge, it was part of Town 2, Range 10 in the Western Reserve. In 1807, the Reverend David Bacon founded and organized Tallmadge, placing a square road in the center of town where several other roads met, modeled after New England designs of the time period. The town was named after Benjamin Tallmadge, an American Revolutionary War figure and local landowner.
Passages that mention Tallmadge, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Proceedigns in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Tallmadge1857 · page 54Read the page →
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Connecticut Society. In one of his letters to the Trustees, under the date of Oct. 14th, 1808, he says: "This summer, the Rev. Mr. Bacon has had considerable success in settling the town of Tallmadge." It was "considerable success."
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Proceedings in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Tallmadge1857Read the page →
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Connecticut Society. In one of his letters to the Trustees, under the date of Oct. 14th, 1808, he says: “This summer, the Rev. Mr. Bacon has had considerable success in settling the town of Tallmadge.” It was “considerable success.”
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Proceedings in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Tallmadge1857Read the page →
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again enlisted in the service of the Western Reserve and of the town of Tallmadge. But the application came to a man whose force had been expended prematurely, whose heart had been broken by disappointments, and whose frame, worn out by hardship and privation, was already wasting away.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
In 1807, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Tallmadge’s post office opened in 1814, and the census of 1880 counted 376 people here.
How does Tallmadge rank for history?
Tallmadge is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #525 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.
What is on the National Register in Tallmadge?
One place: the Francis D. Alling House (listed 1987).
How old are the homes in Tallmadge?
7% of Tallmadge’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1971.
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), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.
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