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From Wikipedia’s history of Bean Blossom Township.
Secrest Ferry Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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History · Bean Blossom Township
14% of Bean Blossom Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 83% of U.S. towns · #200 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: maps from 1947 on.
3on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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About Bean Blossom Township’s history
How historic is Bean Blossom Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 83% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Bean Blossom Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bean Blossom Township is more historic than 83% of U.S. towns, #200 of 593 in Indiana. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bean Blossom Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194013.5% of homes (±6.2) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register3 listings, 56 historic buildings, 190 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 83%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 66%
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 Bean Blossom Township’s 190 sits above most of its state (87% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 56 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 (±6.2 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 Bean Blossom 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 Bean Blossom Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bean Blossom 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.Timeline
Bean Blossom Township, 1831 to 1947
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1831Post officeThe Mount Tabor post office opens
- 1860Post officeThe Mount Tabor post office closes
- 20th century
- 1947
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Bean Blossom Township, decade by decade
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Bean Blossom Township on the map, 1947 to 1998
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bean Blossom Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Gosport 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 Bean Blossom Township.
On the National Register
3 listings protect 56 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
56
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
Breezy Point Farm Historic District
Districts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Bean Blossom Township
Nobody well known was born in Bean Blossom Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Mount Tabor, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mount Tabor
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bean Blossom Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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 Bean Blossom Township’s history
How does Bean Blossom Township rank for history?
Bean Blossom Township is more historic than 83% of U.S. towns, #200 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.
What is on the National Register in Bean Blossom Township?
3 listings: 1 historic district, the Breezy Point Farm Historic District, with 5 contributing buildings. 56 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Bean Blossom Township?
14% of Bean Blossom Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1992.
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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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.