The Busseron Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Busseron (1855) and Emison Station (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,268171 years
How historic is Busseron Township?
B−
More historic than 47% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Busseron Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Busseron Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Busseron Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Busseron Township’s overall grade.
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 Busseron Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Busseron Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Busseron
1855–1872
Emison Station
1869–1882
Emison
1882–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BusseronEmison
Gone or out of use
Vincennes Executive Inn Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Busseron Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Busseron Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Busseron Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Busseron Creek is a 50 miles (80 km) long creek that runs south-westward through Sullivan County, Indiana and Knox County, Indiana and that is a tributary of the Wabash River. Old Busseron Creek enters the Wabash at 38°50′17″N 87°31′34″W and is the old course of the creek before it was re-routed and straightened for flood control purposes, leaving (but not connecting to) the new course at 38°56′02″N 87°30′11″W having to that point run beside the current Busseron over several meanders, the re-routing having left behind several oxbow lakes, from headwaters at 38°56′35″N 87°27′58″W.
Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,393 to 1,268 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Busseron Township, 1855 to 1943
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Busseron Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Oaktown 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 Busseron Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Busseron Township
Nobody well known was born in Busseron Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Busseron Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Busseron Township rank for history?
Busseron Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. 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 Busseron Township?
30% of Busseron Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 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.
