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History · Caesar Creek Township

66% of Caesar Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 7 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1959 on.

1on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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What stands out about Caesar Creek Township’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Caesar Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Caesar Creek Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Caesar Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Caesar Creek Township.

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St. John's Lutheran Church and School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Caesar Creek Township, 1852 to 1959

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Farmers Retreat post office opens
  3. 1875In the archiveAtlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added a map of the state of Indiana, also…
  4. 20th century
  5. 1925Post officeThe Farmers Retreat post office closes
  6. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Caesar Creek Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s2 items
Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added a map of the state of Indiana, also an outline and rail road map …1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…MapAtlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added a map of the state of Indiana, also an outline and rail road map …1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
On the map

Caesar Creek Township on the map in 1959

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Caesar Creek Township.

Caesar Creek Township on the 1959 USGS map1959Bear Branch 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 Caesar Creek Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 7 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
St. John's Lutheran Church and School
St. John's Lutheran Church and School
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Mid-19th Century1
19th and 20th Century American Movements1
Modern1
Gothic Revival1
Bungalow/Craftsman1
St. John's Lutheran Church and SchoolMid-19th Century

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Caesar Creek Township

Nobody well known was born in Caesar Creek Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John D. WorksAmerican judge · b. 1847
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William JordanAmerican actor · b. 1937
Elmer DavisAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Stephen Davison Bechtel, Sr.American businessman · b. 1900
Jason B. BrownAmerican politician · b. 1839
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Michael CallenAmerican writer, musician and AIDS activist · b. 1955
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Farmers Retreat, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Farmers Retreat
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Caesar Creek Township
Mount HebronRandSaint Johns Lutheran

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.

Pike TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay TownshipIts storyB−Brown Township2 historic placesB

Questions about Caesar Creek Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Caesar Creek Township?

One place: the St. John's Lutheran Church and School (listed 1996).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.