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History · Fairplay Township

13% of Fairplay Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairplay Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairplay Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Fairplay Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairplay Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Dixon
1873–1904
Elliston
1885–1910
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DixonElliston
1cemetery inside Fairplay Township
Castle Hill

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

The story so far

Fairplay Township, in brief

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

Fairplay Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 505, down from 575 at 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 575 to 505 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Fairplay Township, 1873 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Dixon post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Elliston post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Dixon post office closes
  6. 1910Post officeThe Elliston post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Fairplay Township

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

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Phil HarrisAmerican actor, singer and comedian · b. 1904
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Jack MercerAmerican voice actor · b. 1910
Herbert YardleyAmerican cryptographer · b. 1889
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Don HeroldCartoonist · b. 1889
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Bobby GrimAmerican racing driver · b. 1924
Oscar E. BlandAmerican politician · b. 1877
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Richland Township1 historic placeB+Washington TownshipIts storyC+Jefferson TownshipIts storyBGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighland 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 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.