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History · Green Hill

Green Hill’s post office opened in 1877

Most of Green Hill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2010. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1942 on.

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How Green Hill began

When was Green Hill founded?

1877

The Green Hill post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 125149 years
Founding year: the first Green Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Green Hill’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Hill’s history is told.

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The story

How Green Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Green Hill.

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The town was platted on March 5, 1832, by William B. Bailey and his brother Horatio who named it Milford, for their home town of Milford, Delaware. The plat included 48 lots, two north–south streets (Main and East) and three east–west streets (Pine, Center and Warren). The first store opened in 1833 and was followed in subsequent years by several more businesses, including a liquor store, blacksmith, grocery, tannery, shoe-maker, wagon-maker and others. A post office was established on December 2, 1837, as Poolesville, in honor of the town's first resident physician, Dr. Poole — it retained the name until August 13, 1904.

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By decade

Green Hill, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
Green Hill Indiana map from 1877 atlas1877Green Hill Indiana map from 1877 atlasMap
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Milford, Indiana2016Milford, IndianaGreen Hill, Indiana2006Green Hill, Indiana
On the map

Green Hill on the map, 1942 to 1986

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

Green Hill on the 1942 USGS mapGreen Hill on the 1951 USGS mapGreen Hill on the 1961 USGS mapGreen Hill on the 1986 USGS map1942Otterbein 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 Green Hill.

Questions about Green Hill’s history

What year was Green Hill founded?

The Green Hill post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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