The story
Read it all →How Clark Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Clark Township.
Clark Township was named for Robert Clark, a pioneer settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Clark Township
21% of Clark Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1890.
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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About Clark Township’s history
How historic is Clark Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
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 46% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Clark Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194021.3% of homes (±9.5) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 46%
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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 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 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 (±9.5 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.
Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clark Township, and 8 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clark Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds14 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clark Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Seven other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Foster's Ridge
Adyeville
Bristow
Siberia
Lasher
Uniontown
Saffaras
Sassafras
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AdyevilleBristowFosters RidgeKitterman CornersSaint Josephs ShrineSassafrasSiberiaUniontown
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clark Township
BeardComstockCrooks ThomEnlowFox RidgeHobbsLanmanLasherMount PleasantSiglerSiglerStapletonTaylorTenn Beard
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Clark Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clark 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.From the old history books
What they wrote about Clark Township in 1916
Passages that mention Clark Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Perry County, a history1916 · page 272Read the page →
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opened a store there in a log cabin about 1848, and the point became locally known as Bridgeport, because of the old-fashioned covered bridge across Anderson River, on the highroad leading from Clark Township into Harrison Township, Spencer County. It thus appears on early state maps, but in 1861 when a postoffice was established the name Adyeville was conferred, taken from a prominent resident, Andrew J.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Perry County, a history1916 · page 274Read the page →
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Van Winkle is the name of earliest conjunction with the settlement of Bristow, which has grown to be the principal town of Clark Township and northern Perry County. Alexander and Phoebe (Miller) Van Winkle, William T. and Emeline ( ) Van Winkle, Elisha and Letitia (Jarboe) Weedman were owners of the site surveyed by Daniel R. McKim, Deputy County Surveyor, signed and acknowledged by them March 14,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Clark Township, 1858 to 1966
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1858Post officeThe Foster's Ridge post office opens
- 1862Post officeThe Adyeville post office opens
- 1879Post officeThe Bristow post office opens
- 1890Post officeThe Foster's Ridge post office closes
- 20th century
- 1957
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1966Post officeThe Adyeville post office closes
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Clark Township on the map, 1957 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clark Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1957Bristow 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 Clark Township.
People over time
Clark Township, census by census
Between 1,063 and 2,616 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clark Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Clark Township
Nobody well known was born in Clark Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 46% 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?
21% of Clark Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.5 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1983.
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.