Rome’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Rome. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,854 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,812 to 1,854 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rome 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 Rome’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rome’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTrain station in Rome, Ohio (circ…, c. 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Rome
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Rome, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Rome is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rome has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rock Creek School in Rock Creek, 3.5 miles away.
Rome 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 Train station in Rome, Ohio (circa 1909) (c. 1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.