The Williamsfield Township post office opened in 1811, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, West Williamsfield (1851), East Williamsfield (1872) and Simons (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,419215 years
How historic is Williamsfield Township?
B
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Williamsfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Williamsfield Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Williamsfield Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Williamsfield 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 Williamsfield Township’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.
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 (±12.5 points). 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 Williamsfield 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 Williamsfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1905Andover 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 Williamsfield Township.
The story so far
Williamsfield Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Williamsfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Williamsfield is an unincorporated community in central Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44093. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 322 with State Route 7. In 2014, it was named the most stressed community in the United States. The community was named for General Joseph Williams, an original owner of the town site.
Its first post office opened in 1811. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,645 to 1,419 (-14%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Williamsfield Township, 1811 to 1906
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Williamsfield Township post office opened in 1811, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Williamsfield Township rank for history?
Williamsfield Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. 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 Williamsfield Township?
21% of Williamsfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±12.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
