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History · Clark Township

38% of Clark Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 85% of U.S. towns. What drives it

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1958 on.

1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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About Clark Township’s history

How historic is Clark Township?

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More historic than 85% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Clark Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Clark Township is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns. 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 Clark Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 85%
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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 Clark Township’s 5.2 sits near the middle of its state (54% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±9.4 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 Clark Township’s past

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clark Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Clark Township, in brief

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

Clark Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,841 (representing no change from 2010) and it contained 766 housing units. Clark Township was founded in 1830.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,841 in 2010, 1,841 in 2020.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Clark Township on the map, 1958 to 1986

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

Clark Township on the 1958 USGS mapClark Township on the 1986 USGS map1958Ladoga 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 Clark Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Clark Township

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Clark Township

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

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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clark Township
HarshbargerHicksInlowMount PleasantStonerWesley

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 Clark Township’s history

How does Clark Township rank for history?

Clark Township is more historic than 85% 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 Clark Township?

38% of Clark Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.4 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1951.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

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.