The Weathersfield Township post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Meander (1882), Deforest (1895) and Weathersfield (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 24,689127 years
How historic is Weathersfield Township?
B
More historic than 65% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Weathersfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Weathersfield Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Weathersfield Township is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #486 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Weathersfield 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 Weathersfield Township’s 2.9 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share (±2.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Weathersfield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mineral Ridge
1858–today
Meander
1882–1902
Deforest
1895–1902
Weathersfield
1899–1901
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brentwood Mobile Home ParkDeForestEvansvilleHilltopLake Park EstatesMcKinley HeightsMineral RidgeNiles JunctionSuburban Mobile Home ParkSummitTibbetts CornersWestwood Lake Park
Gone or out of use
Deforest Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Weathersfield Township
KerrsOhl TownSaint StephensWelsh BaptistWelsh Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Weathersfield Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Weathersfield 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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Weathersfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1908Warren 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 Weathersfield Township.
The story so far
Weathersfield Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Weathersfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Weathersfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 24,689 people in the township.>
Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 25,908 to 24,689 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Weathersfield Township, 1858 to 1908
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Weathersfield Township post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Weathersfield Township rank for history?
Weathersfield Township is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #486 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 Weathersfield Township?
4 listings: 1 building, among them the Dunlap-Burnett-Moss House (listed 2023, the first). 7 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Weathersfield Township?
23% of Weathersfield Township’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 1964.
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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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