The story
Read it all →How Boone Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Boone Township.
The Clinton D. Gilson Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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History · Boone Township
14% of Boone Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns · #321 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Clinton D. Gilson Barn. Its Register listings are the Clinton D. Gilson Barn. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1890.
2on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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About Boone Township’s history
How historic is Boone Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Boone Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Boone Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #321 of 593 in Indiana. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Boone Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194014.4% of homes (±6.1) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register2 listings, 3.3 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 62%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 46%
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 Boone Township’s 3.3 sits near the middle of its state (51% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% 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 (±6.1 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 Boone 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 Boone Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boone 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.By decade
Boone Township, decade by decade
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Boone Township on the map, 1953 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Boone Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1953Hebron 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 Boone Township.
On the National Register
2 historic places in Boone Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Clinton D. Gilson Barn
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Boone Township, census by census
Between 1,265 and 6,160 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Boone Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Boone Township
Nobody well known was born in Boone Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places 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
Aylesworth
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Boone Township
CornellHebron
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 Boone Township’s history
How does Boone Township rank for history?
Boone Township is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #321 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 Boone Township?
2 listings: 1 building, among them the Clinton D. Gilson Barn (listed 1984, the first).
How old are the homes in Boone Township?
14% of Boone Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1977.
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 (6), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.