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History · Davis Township

36% of Davis Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Davis Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Davis Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Davis Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Maysville
1840–1842
Riverside
1872–1946
Roberts
1890–1901
Vine
1895–1900
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Maysville CrossingRiversideRobertsVine
Gone or out of use
North Brothers Airportairport
1cemetery inside Davis Township
Maysville

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Davis Township, in brief

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

Davis Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 564 and it contained 285 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 682 to 564 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Davis Township, 1840 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Maysville post office opens
  3. 1842Post officeThe Maysville post office closes
  4. 1872Post officeThe Riverside post office opens
  5. 1890Post officeThe Roberts post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Roberts post office closes
  8. 1946Post officeThe Riverside post office closes
  9. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Davis Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Fountain County, Indiana road2008Fountain County, Indiana roadMap highlighting Davis Township, Fountain County, Indiana2007Map highlighting Davis Township, Fountain County, Ind…Map
On the map

Davis Township on the map, 1962 to 1984

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

Davis Township on the 1962 USGS mapDavis Township on the 1984 USGS map1962Westpoint 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 Davis Township.

People over time

Davis Township, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 773

Between 527 and 773 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Davis Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Davis Township

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

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Adam KennedyAmerican artist · b. 1922
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Clare W. GravesAmerican psychologist · b. 1914
Jacob Edwin MeekerAmerican politician · b. 1878
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Bernard SobelAmerican playwright, drama critic, and author · b. 1887
Mary Theodosia MugNun, penwoman, biographer, historian · b. 1860
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Neal MusserAmerican baseball player · b. 1980
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Warren TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan Township7 historic placesA+Wayne TownshipIts storyCRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.