Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1890.
The West Leipsic post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 West Leipsic’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of West Leipsic.
When platted in 1852, West Leipsic was called "Leipsic"; the adjacent village today known as Leipsic bore the name of "Roanoke". West Leipsic was incorporated as a village in 1882.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention West Leipsic, cut from the printed page as they were published.
About the year 1850 John W. Peckenpaugh purchased the Jand where the village of West Leipsic now stands,and in 1852 he made the first survey of twenty lots on the west end of Main street. This 95 survey was made by Samuel Parker, County Surveyor, and was followed in 1853 by Peckenpaugh’s second survey and first addition. A third survey and second addition was made by Mr, Peckenpaugh in about the year 1854, by which he completed the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of West Leipsic. 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 West Leipsic.
Between 206 and 502 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on West Leipsic’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in West Leipsic itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
West Leipsic had its own post office from 1876 to 1915.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The West Leipsic post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, 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 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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