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History · Eckerty

Eckerty’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Eckerty was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1956 on.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Eckerty began

When was Eckerty founded?

1886

The Eckerty post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

140 years
Founding year: the first Eckerty post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Eckerty’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eckerty are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eckerty’s history is told.

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The story so far

Eckerty, in brief

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

Eckerty is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Johnson Township, Crawford County, Indiana.

Its first post office opened in 1886.

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

Eckerty on the map, 1956 to 1993

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

Eckerty on the 1956 USGS mapEckerty on the 1980 USGS mapEckerty on the 1993 USGS map1956Taswell 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 Eckerty.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Johnson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPatoka TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Eckerty’s history

What year was Eckerty founded?

The Eckerty post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.