On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greensfork Township is more historic than 46% 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 Greensfork 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 Greensfork 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 (±7.6 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 Greensfork Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The town of Greens Fork derives its name from the Greens Fork river on which it is situated. Both the river and the town get their name from a Delaware Indian
named Johnny Green. The Greens Fork post office has been in operation since 1828.
In 2002, the town constructed a central wastewater treatment plant, sanitary sewer collection system and lift station to pump sewage to the treatment plant. The plant is rated at 40,000 gallons per day, and discharges its treated water to the Greens Fork River.
Passages that mention Greensfork Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Randolph County Indiana1882 · page 174Read the page →
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Wilmore settled among the green beeches of Randolph, in the southwest part of Greensfork Township. In February, 1832, he was struck down with what the doctors called the “cold plague,’’ and he has never walked since. In 1836, he was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1839, he was chosen County Recorder, which office he held two terms, or fourteen years.
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HISTORY RANDOLPH COUNTY, INDIANA, Illustrations and Biographical Sketches WITH OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, TO WHICH ARE APPENDED MAPS OF ITS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS.1882 · page 174Read the page →
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Wilmore settled among the green beeches of Randolph, in the southwest part of Greensfork Township. In February, 1832, he was struck down with what the doctors called the “cold plague,’’ and he has never walked since. In 1836, he was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1839, he was chosen County Recorder, which office he held two terms, or fourteen years.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Greensfork Township, 1842 to 1960
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greensfork Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1916Winchester sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Greensfork Township.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Greensfork Township is more historic than 46% 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 Greensfork Township?
21% of Greensfork Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
