The story
Read it all →How Turtlecreek Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Turtlecreek Township.
Turtlecreek Township was established by the Warren County Commissioners on August 15, 1804.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Turtlecreek Township
2 of Turtlecreek Township’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns · #557 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Turtlecreek Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1904 on.
2on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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About Turtlecreek Township’s history
How historic is Turtlecreek Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Turtlecreek Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Turtlecreek Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #557 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Turtlecreek Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19407.4% of homes (±3.3) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%C+National Register2 listings, 9 historic buildings, 5.0 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 44%
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 Turtlecreek Township’s 5.0 sits near the middle of its state (64% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% 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 (±3.3 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 Turtlecreek 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 Turtlecreek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19045 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1988. Watch Turtlecreek Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Turtlecreek Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turtlecreek 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.On the map
Turtlecreek Township on the map, 1904 to 1988
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Turtlecreek Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Mason 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 Turtlecreek Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Union Village, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
GenntownGreentree CornersOtterbeinShadow Lake Village
Gone or out of use
Greenwood SchoolschoolHart SchoolschoolIndependent SchoolschoolLiberty SchoolschoolSan Mar Gale AirportairportTurtle Creek SchoolschoolValley Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Turtlecreek Township
BethanyBethelBiggerEast ShakerGreenwoodHatfieldKirbyOtterbein - ShakerTurtle Creek
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Turtlecreek Township, 1885 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Turtlecreek Township, decade by decade
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2007On the National Register
2 listings protect 9 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Crossed Keys Tavern
BuildingsDistricts
Architectural styles listings
Federal Vernacular1
All 2 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Turtlecreek Township
Nobody well known was born in Turtlecreek Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Brant DaughertyAmerican actor · b. 1985Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Turtlecreek Township’s history
How does Turtlecreek Township rank for history?
Turtlecreek Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #557 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 Turtlecreek Township?
Two places: the Crossed Keys Tavern (listed 1976) and the Hunt-Forman Farm (2004).
How old are the homes in Turtlecreek Township?
7% of Turtlecreek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1996.
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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.