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More historic than 86% of U.S. towns · #213 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 75 buildings. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1885 on, and the census since 1860.
Tipp City dates its founding to 1840 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1860.
Tipp City’s name derives from presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's nickname, Tippecanoe, which, Harrison had acquired as commander of U.S. forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811.
More historic than 86% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tipp City is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #213 of 993 in Ohio. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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 Tipp City’s 73.8 sits above most of its state (91% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 77 historic buildings outnumber those of 88% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Tipp City’s history is told.
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.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1885Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia’s history of Tipp City.
Tippecanoe City was platted in 1840 by John Clark along the developing Miami and Erie Canal. Its name derives from presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's nickname, Tippecanoe, which, Harrison had acquired as commander of U.S. forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereJohn Potts is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveViews of Tippecanoe City, OhioOne decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tipp City. 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 Tipp City.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Tipp City’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 949 people in 1860 to 10,274 in 2020, more than tenfold.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Tipp City’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Tipp City’s post office has been open since 1938. 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1840, according to Wikidata. Tipp City’s post office opened in 1835, and the census of 1860 counted 949 people here.
Tipp City is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #213 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.
Three places: the Saunders Seed Company (listed 2010), the Detrick Milling and Distilling Company (2010) and the Old Tippecanoe Main Street Historic District (1983).
14% of Tipp City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.8 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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