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History · Grassy Fork Township

20% of Grassy Fork Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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Where Grassy Fork Township’s name came from

How did Grassy Fork Township get its name?

Grassy Fork Township was named from the Grassy Fork Creek.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Grassy Fork Township’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 Grassy Fork Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grassy Fork Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grassy Fork Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Tampico
1852–1909
Waskom
1892–1903
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tampico
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grassy Fork Township
LubkerMount PleasantRuckerSturgeonWaskom

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

The story so far

Grassy Fork Township, in brief

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

Grassy Fork Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 697 and it contained 293 housing units. It was named from the Grassy Fork Creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 668 to 697 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Grassy Fork Township, 1852 to 1959

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Tampico post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Waskom post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Waskom post office closes
  6. 1909Post officeThe Tampico post office closes
  7. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Grassy Fork Township on the map in 1959

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grassy Fork Township.

Grassy Fork Township on the 1959 USGS map1959Tampico 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 Grassy Fork Township.

People over time

Grassy Fork Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,197

Between 668 and 1,197 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grassy Fork Township

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

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John HayAmerican statesman · b. 1838
John MellencampAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1951
Rob WiethoffAmerican actor · b. 1976
Newton BoothGovernor of California · b. 1825
Daniel HollieAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1977
Erin HouchinAmerican politician · b. 1976
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Vernon TownshipIts storyC+Gibson TownshipIts storyCMonroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDriftwood Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storyCBrownstown Township3 historic placesA

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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, 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.