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History · Hoosier Township

Hoosier Township’s post office opened in 1895, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Hoosier Township began

When was Hoosier Township founded?

1895

The Hoosier Township post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Hoosier Prairie (1875) and Hoosier (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 362131 years
Founding year: the first Hoosier Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hoosier Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hoosier Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hoosier Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Hoosier Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hoosier Prairie
1875–1895
Hoosier
1895–1903
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hoosier
Gone or out of use
Coles ChapelchurchConley ChapelchurchFlat Branch SchoolschoolLittle Grove SchoolschoolSailor Springs Oil FieldoilfieldSharon Churchchurch
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hoosier Township
DillmanFieldsHoosierKinnamonNumber FourWhite

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Hoosier Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hoosier Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 338 to 362 (+7%).

Timeline

Hoosier Township, 1875 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Hoosier Prairie post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Hoosier Prairie post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Hoosier post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Hoosier post office closes
  7. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Hoosier Township on the map, 1953 to 1985

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

Hoosier Township on the 1953 USGS mapHoosier Township on the 1985 USGS map1953Sailor Springs 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 Hoosier Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hoosier Township

Nobody well known was born in Hoosier Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bailey ZimmermanAmerican singer · b. 2000
Darren BaileyAmerican farmer and politician · b. 1966
Thomas Sutler WilliamsAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Lowell Richard BaylesAmerican air racer · b. 1900
Mad Man PondoAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1969
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Victoria Joyce ElyAmerican nurse · b. 1889
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bible Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStanford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLouisville Township2 historic placesA−Pixley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hoosier Township’s history

What year was Hoosier Township founded?

The Hoosier Township post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 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.