The story
Read it all →How Green Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Green Township.
Green Township was organized in 1826. It was named for Nathanael Greene.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Green Township
Half of Green Township’s homes were built after 2003
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #547 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Green Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1952 on.
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
Where Green Township’s name came from
How did Green Township get its name?
Green Township was named for Nathanael Greene.
How historic is Green Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 18% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Green Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Green Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #547 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Green Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19405.4% of homes (±2.9) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 18%
NewerOlder
Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 8%
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 Green 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 (±2.9 points) is firm at this size.
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 Green Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Green Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Green Township, 1851 to 1952
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1851Post officeThe Alfont post office opens
- 1893Post officeThe Alfont post office closes
- 20th century
- 1952
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Green Township on the map, 1952 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Green Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Ingalls sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Green Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Green Township
Nobody well known was born in Green Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Alfont, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlfontSunview
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Green Township
DotyFaussetGravel LawnHidayJonesPleasant Valley
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Green Township’s history
How does Green Township rank for history?
Green Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #547 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Green Township?
5% of Green Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.9 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 2003.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.