The story
Read it all →How Bainbridge Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Bainbridge Township.
Bainbridge Township was originally settled chiefly by Germans.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History
History · Bainbridge Township
8 of Bainbridge Township’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 71% of U.S. towns · #288 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Bainbridge Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1946 on, and old-book passages.
8on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
About Bainbridge Township’s history
How historic is Bainbridge Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 71% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Bainbridge Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bainbridge Township is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns, #288 of 593 in Indiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bainbridge Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraThere’s no founding date for Bainbridge Township we can vouch for, so age doesn’t count here–Homes built before 19409.5% of homes (±3.0) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register8 listings, 62 historic buildings, 36.0 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 71%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 52%
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bainbridge Township’s 36.0 sits above most of its state (71% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 62 historic buildings outnumber those of 86% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.0 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bainbridge Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Bainbridge Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bainbridge Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the National Register
8 listings protect 62 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
8
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
62
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Bainbridge Township in 1896
Passages that mention Bainbridge Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History and art souvenir of Dubois County1896 · page 16Read the page →
Read the text
Bainbridge Township . On March 4, 1816, Nelson Harris entered the southwest quarter of section 28, township 1 south, range 5 west. This is now the Fritz Geiger farm, and lies im¬ mediately east of Shiloh Cemetery.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Bainbridge Township, decade by decade
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Date?Today31 recent
2016The Dari-ette, not Dairy-ette, ice-cream stand
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2013Bainbridge Township, IN, USA - panoramio (1)On the map
Bainbridge Township on the map, 1946 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bainbridge Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1946Jasper sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bainbridge Township.
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.
Retake this viewPine Bluff Bridge, Spanning Big Walnut Creek, CR 950N
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bainbridge Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Bainbridge Township
Nobody well known was born in Bainbridge Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Daniel M. BuechleinRoman Catholic archbishop in the United States · b. 1938Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Maltersville
1cemetery inside Bainbridge Township
McKee
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.
Questions about Bainbridge Township’s history
How does Bainbridge Township rank for history?
Bainbridge Township is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns, #288 of 593 in Indiana. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Bainbridge Township?
10% of Bainbridge Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.0 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1981.
Memory lane
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (30), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.