The story
Read it all →How Concord Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Concord Township.
The Joseph and Sarah Puterbaugh Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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About Concord Township’s history
How historic is Concord Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 94% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Concord Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Concord Township is more historic than 94% of U.S. towns, #82 of 593 in Indiana. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Concord Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194025.8% of homes (±2.3) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%A−National Register14 listings, 332 historic buildings, 59.5 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 94%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 86%
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 Concord Township’s 59.5 sits above most of its state (76% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 332 historic buildings outnumber those of 96% 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 (±2.3 points) is firm at this size.
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 Concord Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Concord Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Concord Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the National Register
14 listings protect 332 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
14
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
332
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Joseph and Sarah Puterbaugh Farm
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Italianate1
Bank Barn1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Timeline
Concord Township, 1886 to 1961
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1886Post officeThe Dunlaps post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Dunlaps post office closes
- 1961
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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
Concord Township on the map, 1961 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Concord Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1961Elkhart 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 Concord Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Concord Township
Nobody well known was born in Concord Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Dunlaps, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
De Camp GardensMidway
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Concord Township
BurkettPrairie StreetRowe
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.
Questions about Concord Township’s history
How does Concord Township rank for history?
Concord Township is more historic than 94% of U.S. towns, #82 of 593 in Indiana. 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.
What is on the National Register in Concord Township?
14 listings: 1 building, among them the Joseph and Sarah Puterbaugh Farm (listed 1995, the first). 332 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Concord Township?
26% of Concord Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1967.
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 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.