Auburn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Auburn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAuburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census there were 738 people living in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 795 to 738 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Auburn yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Auburn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Auburn’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHigh School, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Auburn, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Auburn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Auburn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Plymouth Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel in Plymouth, 5.2 miles away.
Auburn and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as High School (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.