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History · Jackson Township

15% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Pine Bluff Covered Bridge.

1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Jackson 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 Jackson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

New Maysville
1834–1919
Fort Red
1876–1880
Barnard
1880–1912
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarnardNew Maysville
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
BiddleCoffmanRoachdale

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

The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

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

Jackson Township is one of thirteen townships in Putnam County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 857 (slightly up from 854 at 2010) and it contained 382 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 854 in 2010, 857 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1834 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe New Maysville post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Fort Red post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Fort Red post office closes
  5. 1880Post officeThe Barnard post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1912Post officeThe Barnard post office closes
  8. 1919Post officeThe New Maysville 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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Jackson Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2024
Pine Bluff Covered Bridge
Pine Bluff Covered Bridge
Structures
All 1 listings
Pine Bluff Covered BridgeStructure · listed 2024

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jackson Township

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

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Howie WilliamsBasketball player · b. 1927
A
Adelle DavisAmerican activist and writer · b. 1904
C
Courtland C. GillenAmerican politician · b. 1880
M
Murray MendenhallAmerican basketball coach · b. 1898
Thomas Jefferson HudsonAmerican politician · b. 1839
J
Jim SpringerAmerican basketball player · b. 1926
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin Township3 historic placesA+Eel River TownshipIts storyBFloyd Township1 historic placeCClark Township1 historic placeA

Questions about Jackson Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Jackson Township?

One place: the Pine Bluff Covered Bridge (listed 2024).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.