The story
Read it all →How Huff Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Huff Township.
Huff Township was organized in 1837, and named for Aquilla Huff.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Huff Township
Huff Township’s post office opened in 1881, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1890.
1881first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Huff Township began
When was Huff Township founded?
1881
The Huff Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, New Boston (1852), Huff (1881) and Evanston (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,692 in 18902020 census: 1,058145 years
How historic is Huff Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Huff Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Huff Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Huff Township is more historic than 44% 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 Huff Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1881, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194025.8% of homes (±19.3) · 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 44%
NewerOlder
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 Huff 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±19.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Huff Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
New Boston
Huff
Evanston
Schley
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EvanstonMaxvilleNew BostonSchley
Gone or out of use
Andersons Ferrylocale
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huff Township
ButlerHuffMcDanielPurcellRust
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Huff Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huff Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Huff Township, 1852 to 1989
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1852Post officeThe New Boston post office opens
- 1868Post officeThe New Boston post office closes
- 1881Post officeThe Huff post office opens
- 1891Post officeThe Evanston post office opens
- 20th century
- 1900
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1918Post officeThe Huff post office closes
- 1989Post officeThe Evanston post office closes
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.
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Huff Township on the map, 1900 to 1960
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Huff Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1900St Meinrad 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 Huff Township.
People over time
Huff Township, census by census
Between 946 and 1,692 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Huff Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Huff Township
Nobody well known was born in Huff Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Tim WhelanFilm director, writer and producer · b. 1893
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Paul D. EtienneAmerican Roman Catholic priest · b. 1959
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Huff Township’s history
What year was Huff Township founded?
The Huff Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Huff Township rank for history?
Huff Township is more historic than 44% 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 Huff Township?
26% of Huff Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±19.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1978.
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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.