The story
Read it all →How Hart Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hart Township.
Hart Township was organized in 1826. The township was named for John Hart, a local judge.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Hart Township
Half of Hart Township’s homes were built after 1975
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Hart Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1902 on.
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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About Hart Township’s history
How historic is Hart Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Hart Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hart Township is more historic than 20% 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 Hart Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19406.3% of homes (±3.1) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%C+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 20%
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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 Hart 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 (±3.1 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 Hart 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 Hart Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hart Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19023 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1980. Watch Hart Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Hart Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hart 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.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
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Hamlets and corners on the map
EbyGraham ValleyGreenbrierStanleyTurpin Hill
Gone or out of use
Eby Post Officepost officeLynnville Minemine
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hart Township
MasseyMorrisonMount Olive
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Hart Township on the map, 1902 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hart 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 Hart Township.
Timeline
Hart Township, 1870 to 1907
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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 Hart Township
Nobody well known was born in Hart Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Lane TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCampbell TownshipIts storyD−Boon Township2 historic placesABarton TownshipIts storyB−Owen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreer TownshipIts storyB−LynnvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Hart Township’s history
How does Hart Township rank for history?
Hart Township is more historic than 20% 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 Hart Township?
6% of Hart Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1975.
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.