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History · Highland Township

Half of Highland Township’s homes were built after 1990

Most of Highland Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1890.

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What stands out about Highland 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 Highland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Highland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1980. Watch Highland Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Highland Station
1860–1860
Tulip
1884–1906
Calvertville
1888–1910
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CalvertvilleTulip
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Highland Township
BucherCalvertvilleGoodwinKelleyOwensSnyderStalcupWall

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

On the map

Highland Township on the map, 1908 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Highland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Highland Township on the 1908 USGS mapHighland Township on the 1951 USGS mapHighland Township on the 1980 USGS map1908Bloomfield 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 Highland Township.

The story so far

Highland Township, in brief

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

Highland Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 688, down from 718 at 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 718 to 688 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Highland Township, 1860 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Highland Station post office opens
  3. 1860Post officeThe Highland Station post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Tulip post office opens
  5. 1888Post officeThe Calvertville post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Tulip post office closes
  8. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1910Post officeThe Calvertville post office closes
By decade

Highland Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
At Wicker Memorial Park2016At Wicker Memorial ParkAt Wicker Memorial Park2016At Wicker Memorial ParkGreene2013Greene
People over time

Highland Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,143

Between 494 and 1,143 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Highland Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Highland Township

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

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Jack MercerAmerican voice actor · b. 1910
Herbert YardleyAmerican cryptographer · b. 1889
William S. SadlerPsychiatrist and author · b. 1875
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Don HeroldCartoonist · b. 1889
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Bobby GrimAmerican racing driver · b. 1924
Edwin S. JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1857
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jefferson TownshipIts storyBRichland Township1 historic placeB+Beech Creek TownshipIts storyC−Franklin TownshipIts storyC+Fairplay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.