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History · Cass Township

35% of Cass Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cass Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cass Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cass Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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The story so far

Cass Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cass Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cass is an unincorporated town in Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area; the United States Census Bureau delineated Cass as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. A post office was established here in 1877, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 358 to 299 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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On the map

Cass Township on the map, 1958 to 1978

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

Cass Township on the 1958 USGS mapCass Township on the 1978 USGS map1958Lyons 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 Cass Township.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cass Township
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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.

Washington TownshipIts storyC+Taylor Township2 historic placesBElmore TownshipIts storyBMadison TownshipIts storyB−

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.