The story
Read it all →How Greer Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Greer Township.
Greer Township was organized in 1853. The township was named for Richard Greer, a pioneer settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Greer Township
26% of Greer Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1902 on.
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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About Greer Township’s history
How historic is Greer Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 53% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Greer Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greer Township is more historic than 53% 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 Greer Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194026.0% of homes (±6.4) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%A−National 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 53%
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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 Greer 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 (±6.4 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 Greer 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 Greer Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greer Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Greer Township on the map, 1902 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greer Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Boonville sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Greer Township.
Timeline
Greer Township, 1860 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1860Post officeThe Wheatonville post office opens
- 1872Post officeThe Wheatonville post office closes
- 20th century
- 1902
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 albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Greer Township
Nobody well known was born in Greer 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, Wheatonville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
RosebudWheatonville
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Greer Township
SusettWilliamsZion
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 Greer Township’s history
How does Greer Township rank for history?
Greer Township is more historic than 53% 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 Greer Township?
26% of Greer Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1970.
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.