On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Franklin Township is more historic than 55% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Franklin Township’s overall grade.
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 Franklin Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±10.6 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 Franklin Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Beaverdam
1844–1901
Sevastopol
1858–1902
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beaver DamLowman CornerSevastopol
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Franklin Township
HammanNichols
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Franklin Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Franklin Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Franklin Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,121 (a tiny decline of 1,127 from 2010) and it contained 436 housing units. Franklin Township was organized in 1838.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,127 in 2010, 1,121 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Franklin Township in 1919
Passages that mention Franklin Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A standard history of Kosciusko County, Indiana1919Read the page →
Read the text
ciusko County, due to her long residence here, and also to the fact that she is directly connected with some of the most notable pioneers. Her father was Jacob Weirick, long one of the most prominent citizens of Franklin Township, and her hvisband, the late Callender Ford, was a member of a family of similar pioneer connections with this county. i\Irs. Ford has one of the fine farm homes in Franklin Township, located a mile south and two miles west of Burket.
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.
Timeline
Franklin Township, 1844 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Franklin Township.
1962Akron 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 Franklin Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Franklin Township
Nobody well known was born in Franklin Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Franklin Township is more historic than 55% 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.
How old are the homes in Franklin Township?
28% of Franklin Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.6 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1970.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.
