On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Troy Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #537 of 993 in Ohio. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Troy 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 Troy Township’s 2.8 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Troy Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Troy Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1915Shauck 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 Troy Township.
The story so far
Troy Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Troy Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Troy Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 7,116 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 7,000 in 2010, 7,116 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Troy Township in 1880
Passages that mention Troy Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Richland County, Ohio1880 · page 599Read the page →
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Steam Corners is a small village, situated in the southwestern part of Troy Township, and consists of sixteen dwellings, besides a saw-mill, store, schoolhouse and several shops. It has never been incorporated, but is merely a four corners — the crossing of two section lines. It occupies the adjacent corners of Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, which are owned respective!}- by
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history of richland county ohio1880 · page 599Read the page →
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Steam Corners is a small village, situated in the southwestern part of Troy Township, and consists of sixteen dwellings, besides a saw-mill, store, schoolhouse and several shops. It has never been incorporated, but is merely a four corners—the crossing of two section lines. It occupies the adjacent corners of Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, which are owned respectively by
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Troy Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #537 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 Troy Township?
13% of Troy Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1973.
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 (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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