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History · Boone Grove

74% of Boone Grove’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
74%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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What stands out about Boone Grove’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Boone Grove’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boone Grove’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Boone Grove came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Boone Grove.

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Boone Grove originated as the Boon Grove Post Office (no "e") on December 28, 1843, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of its current location. In 1881–82, the Chicago and Erie Railroad was built through the township and the post office moved to the current location, along with most of the original community members.

The town witnessed its greatest growth between 1890 and 1910. The Modern Woodmen of America Lodge (1908) at the corner of Main Street and County Road 350 West is a reminder of this period. The Porter Township High School was constructed in 1913 on Main Street at Lucretia Street. Although significantly changed with additions, it remains the township's elementary and middle school.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Boone Grove, 1910 to 1953

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910In the archiveRailroad station
  3. 1947Born hereCarole Pankau is born here
  4. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Boone Grove, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Railroad station1910Railroad station
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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How We Do Things at Boone Grove, 19132021How We Do Things at Boone Grove, 1913PostcardHearty Greetings from Boone Grove, 19102021Hearty Greetings from Boone Grove, 1910PostcardBoone Grove Post Office2020Boone Grove Post OfficeBoone Grove High School2020Boone Grove High SchoolJuly 4th Parade, 19142020July 4th Parade, 1914PostcardA Happy New Year, 19082019A Happy New Year, 1908PostcardGoats outside a barn near Boone Grove in Porter County, Indiana, give a suspicious look at the person taking their phot…2016Goats outside a barn near Boone Grove in Porter Count…Boone Grove, Indiana, August 19, 1889 - Postal Cover2015Boone Grove, Indiana, August 19, 1889 - Postal CoverBoone Grove Sunday School, 19242015Boone Grove Sunday School, 1924PostcardBoone Grove Sunday School, 19172015Boone Grove Sunday School, 1917PostcardGreetings from Boone Grove, 19102010Greetings from Boone Grove, 1910Postcard
On the map

Boone Grove on the map, 1953 to 1992

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

Boone Grove on the 1953 USGS mapBoone Grove on the 1969 USGS mapBoone Grove on the 1992 USGS map1953Hebron sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Boone Grove.

Then & now

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Railroad station
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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (11), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.