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Ohio’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Ohio. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
6recent photos

The story

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Ohio was first incorporated as a village on January 22, 1877. A post office called Ohio has been in operation since 1854. The village was named after the state of Ohio.

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Timeline

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1928Every customer satisfiedLOC
1930–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohio’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewEvery customer satisfied, 1928: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Famous people from OhioWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Ohio.Meet them →
By decade

Ohio, decade by decade

1920s1 item
Every customer satisfiedLOCEvery customer satisfied1928
1930s–
1990s
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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Today6 photos
Illinois Route 92CommonsIllinois Route 922013Pipes PubCommonsPipes Pub2012Original Hospital and Union CemeteryCommonsOriginal Hospital and Union Cemetery2012Old Marathon Filling Station, Ohio, Illinois 8-27-2012CommonsOld Marathon Filling Station, Ohio, Illinois 8-27-20122012Ohio HatcheryCommonsOhio Hatchery2012Untitled photoCommonsUntitled photo2012
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ohio is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ohio has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wood-Tellkamp House in La Moille, 9.4 miles away.

Ohio and the nearest listed places

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Wood-Tellkamp HouseAllen SchoolFirst Congregational Church of LaMoilleRed Covered BridgePrinceton North Main Street Historic DistrictPrinceton Chapter House

Closest to Ohio

Wood-Tellkamp HouseLa Moille · Built 18729.4miAllen SchoolLa Moille · Built 18879.5miFirst Congregational Church of LaMoilleLa Moille · Building9.5miRed Covered BridgeDover · Built 18639.6miPrinceton North Main Street Historic DistrictPrinceton · District11.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Wood-Tellkamp House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ohio?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ohio’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Every customer satisfied (1928) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ohio📜 East Grove📜 Walnut📜 La Moille

From Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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