Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1833.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Uhrichsville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Uhrichsville is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #443 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Uhrichsville’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 Uhrichsville’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.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1833.
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 (±6.3 points).
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 Uhrichsville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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.
Although the town was laid out under the name of "Waterford" in 1833, it was informally known as "Uhrich's Mill" after Michael Uhrich, a local mill operator, and in 1839 the town was officially renamed Uhrichsville. It benefitted from the Ohio and Erie Canal and later from the Pan Handle Railroad. Railroad shops built at nearby Dennison later added further to Uhrichsville's growth.
Uhrichsville Water Park opened in June 2008. It has heated pools and features slides, waterfalls, buckets, and a water jungle-gym.
Passages that mention Uhrichsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio1884 · page 851Read the page →
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Mr. Turner has retired from farming and moved to Uhrichsville in 1882, purchasing a residence on Dawson street, but still retaining a farm in Rush Township of 215 acres of land. Philander Turner, who was bom November 10, 1848, in Rush Township, lived with them till he was twenty-one years old, then went as fireman on the Pan Handle Railroad; at present he is working in the Dennison railroad shops. Charles Turner is a Republican in politics; was Justice of the Peace in Rush Township. He has also filled other minor offices.
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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio1884 · page 583Read the page →
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Uhrichsville is the largest town of Mill Township, and is the second in size in Tuscarawas County. It is located in one of the earliest settled and most important localities of the county. Uhrich’s Mill, on Big Stillwater, one of the first built in pioneer times, was patronized by the settlers for many miles around long before the town was laid out in 1833. The name, with which the proprietor, Michael Uhrich, dedicated the village, was Waterford, but about six years later it was changed to Uhrichsville. The history of the village may be divided into three distinct periods. The first or canal period
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Uhrichsville, 1833 to 1991
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1833, according to Wikidata. Uhrichsville’s post office opened in 1833, and the census of 1850 counted 576 people here.
How does Uhrichsville rank for history?
Uhrichsville is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #443 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 Uhrichsville?
28% of Uhrichsville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1959.
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), 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, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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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