The story
Read it all →How Howard Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Howard Township.
Howard Township and Howard County are both named for Tilghman Howard, an Indiana congressman.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Howard Township
Half of Howard Township’s homes were built after 1972
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Howard Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 2000.
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Howard Township’s history
How historic is Howard Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Howard Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Howard Township is more historic than 25% 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 Howard Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19409.1% of homes (±7.8) · 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 25%
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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 Howard 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 (±7.8 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 Howard 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 Howard Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Howard 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.
Vermont
Cassville
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Hamlets and corners on the map
CassvilleVermont
Gone or out of use
Medallion Fieldairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Howard Township
HopewellHudsonSalem
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Howard Township, 1849 to 1959
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 albumOn the map
Howard Township on the map in 1959
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Howard Township.
1959Miami sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Howard Township.
People over time
Howard Township, census by census
Between 2,436 and 2,866 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Howard Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Howard Township
Nobody well known was born in Howard Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Ahmed JohnsonAmerican football player and professional wrest… · b. 1963
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Howard Township’s history
How does Howard Township rank for history?
Howard Township is more historic than 25% 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 Howard Township?
9% of Howard Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1972.
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, 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.