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History · Yorkville

29% of Yorkville’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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From Yorkville’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Yorkville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19028 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1997. Watch Yorkville change.Old housesHalf of Yorkville’s homes were built before 1956.
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Start Yorkville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yorkville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDepot and Freight Station: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Yorkville on the map, 1902 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Yorkville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Yorkville on the 1902 USGS mapYorkville on the 1935 USGS mapYorkville on the 1942 USGS mapYorkville on the 1957 USGS mapYorkville on the 1968 USGS mapYorkville on the 1978 USGS mapYorkville on the 1985 USGS mapYorkville on the 1997 USGS map1902Wheeling 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 Yorkville.

The story

How Yorkville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Yorkville.

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A post office called Yorkville was established in 1867. Yorkville was originally a mining community.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Yorkville, 1902 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1929Born hereMickey Briglia is born here
  4. 1936Born hereJohn Konstantinos is born here
  5. 1962In the archiveDepot and Freight Station
By decade

Yorkville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s1 item
Depot and Freight Station1962Depot and Freight Station
1970s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today5 recent
Williams north of Public in2015Williams north of Public inMap of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Yorkville Village2015Map of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Yorkville V…MapMap of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting Yorkville Village2015Map of Belmont County Ohio Highlighting Yorkville Vil…MapOhio River lock2007Ohio River lockOHMap-doton-Yorkville2004OHMap-doton-Yorkville
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Depot and Freight Station
Retake this viewDepot and Freight Station, 1962

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Yorkville’s page.

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People over time

Yorkville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,963

Between 968 and 1,963 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Yorkville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Yorkville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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John KonstantinosAmerican football player and coach, college ath… · b. 1936
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Mickey Brigliab. 1929
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Yorkville Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Pease Township4 historic placesATiltonsvilleIts storyB+Warren Township1 historic placeA−Martins Ferry1 historic placeA

Questions about Yorkville’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.