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History · Green Township

67% of Green Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Green Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Green Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Green Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Rigdon
1855–1912
Point Isabel
1859–1911
Normal
1880–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
NormalPoint IsabelRigdon
Gone or out of use
Dupouy Airportairport

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

The story so far

Green Township, in brief

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

Green Township is one of 13 townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 500 and it contained 225 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 500 to 426 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Green Township, 1855 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Rigdon post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Point Isabel post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Normal post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Normal post office closes
  7. 1911Post officeThe Point Isabel post office closes
  8. 1912Post officeThe Rigdon post office closes
  9. 1960On 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.

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On the map

Green Township on the map in 1960

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Green Township.

Green Township on the 1960 USGS map1960Point Isabel 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 Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Green Township

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

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James DeanAmerican actor · b. 1931
Zach RandolphAmerican basketball player · b. 1981
Miriam SeegarAmerican actress and interior decorator · b. 1907
Mary Jane WardAmerican writer · b. 1905
Willis Van DevanterAssociate Justice of the United States Supreme … · b. 1859
Monte ToweAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1953
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Liberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDuck Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storyB−Wildcat TownshipIts storyBSims TownshipIts storyC+

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.