The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Dallas Township.
Dallas Township was organized in 1847. It was named for Vice President George M. Dallas.
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History · Dallas Township
39% of Dallas Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 96% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Young-Yentes-Mattern Farm. Below: maps from 1950 on and old-book passages.
1on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
Where Dallas Township’s name came from
How did Dallas Township get its name?
Dallas Township was named for Vice President George M. Dallas.
How historic is Dallas Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 96% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Dallas Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dallas Township is more historic than 96% 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 Dallas Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194039.2% of homes (±8.2) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%ANational Register1 listing, 10 historic buildings, 53.1 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 96%
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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 Dallas Township’s 53.1 sits above most of its state (75% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% 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 (±8.2 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 Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas Township, 1887–1914
Passages that mention Dallas Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Huntington County, Indiana1914 · page 167Read the page →
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Silverton About 1844 a Friends Church was built near the north line of Section 11, in Dallas Township. A little later Joseph Silver opened a store a short distance south of the church and the settlement which gradually grew up there became known as Silverton. No plat of the village was ever made and the population never numbered more than four or five families. No postoffice was ever established there, but Sil¬ ver’s store was a mail distributing point for the neighborhood. After
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History of Huntington County, Indiana1914 · page 96Read the page →
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With the completion of the Wabash Railroad, in the early ’50s, Dallas Township was provided with shipping facilities and its indus¬ tries went forward by leaps and bounds. The Town of Andrews was laid out in 1853 and soon became an important trading center and ship¬ ping point. A history of the town will be found in Chapter IX. The Wabash Railroad runs almost parallel to the Wabash River through the southern part of the township, and north of the river is the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana traction line, which is an important addition
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.![males and ] IG females, out of which were enrolled 210 pupils. In 18G7 the town of Antioch, now Andrews, was incorporated, and the schools of that town passed under the control of the school board. The trustee of Dallas Township having erected a onestory brick school house, a second story was place…](https://images.townratings.com/story/22010/bk-50e733cc1c6d78e2-l.jpg)
History of Huntington County, Indiana1900 · page 396Read the page →
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males and ] IG females, out of which were enrolled 210 pupils. In 18G7 the town of Antioch, now Andrews, was incorporated, and the schools of that town passed under the control of the school board. The trustee of Dallas Township having erected a onestory brick school house, a second story was placed thereon by private parties, and in 1869 the corporation purchased from the township its interest in the building and also a part of the second floor. The school did not make any material advance until 1874,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.![males and ] 16 females, out of which were enrolled 319 pupils. In 1867 the town of Antioch, now Andrews, was incorporated, and the schools of that town passed under the control of the school board. The trustee of Dallas Township having erected a onestory brick school house, a second story was place…](https://images.townratings.com/story/22010/bk-c77d845f64942d9c-l.jpg)
History of Huntington County, Indiana1887 · page 396Read the page →
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males and ] 16 females, out of which were enrolled 319 pupils. In 1867 the town of Antioch, now Andrews, was incorporated, and the schools of that town passed under the control of the school board. The trustee of Dallas Township having erected a onestory brick school house, a second story was placed thereon by private parties, and in 1869 the corporation purchased from the township its interest in the building and also a part of the second floor. The school did not make any material advance until 1874,
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.
By decade
Dallas Township, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2008On the map
Dallas Township on the map, 1950 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dallas Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950Andrews 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 Dallas Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Dallas Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
10
each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
Young-Yentes-Mattern Farm
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Queen Anne1
Log1
Bank Barn1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Dallas Township
Nobody well known was born in Dallas Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Jimmy DaywaltRacecar driver · b. 1924
Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Gone or out of use
H and W Sand and Gravel Pitmine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dallas Township
Maple GroveRiverside
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 Dallas Township’s history
How does Dallas Township rank for history?
Dallas Township is more historic than 96% 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.
What is on the National Register in Dallas Township?
One place: the Young-Yentes-Mattern Farm (listed 2001).
How old are the homes in Dallas Township?
39% of Dallas Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.2 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1969.
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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.