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History · Jackson Township

63% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on and old-book passages.

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jackson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

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Jackson Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 558 (down from 619 at 2010) and it contained 246 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 619 to 558 (-10%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Jackson Township in 1882

Passages that mention Jackson Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The Portland & Union Railroad, projected many years ago, was graded through Jackson Township, and New Pittsburg was laid out for a center of trade, but the railroad was not completed; the track was never made, and the road is simply a useless bank of earth, and Jackson Township and New Pittsburg as…
HISTORY RANDOLPH COUNTY, INDIANA, Illustrations and Biographical Sketches WITH OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, TO WHICH ARE APPENDED MAPS OF ITS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS.1882Read the page →
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The Portland & Union Railroad, projected many years ago, was graded through Jackson Township, and New Pittsburg was laid out for a center of trade, but the railroad was not completed; the track was never made, and the road is simply a useless bank of earth, and Jackson Township and New Pittsburg as well is out in the cold.

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Jl would :,eeni from the above that in Jackson Township up to .April 12, 1S:!7, iiot quite four sections or about one thousand one hundred and forty acres of land had been entered, by about thirty-one persons, no entry being above 160 acres, and nearly all eiglities or forties, The great rush of se…
History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1882Read the page →
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Jl would :,eeni from the above that in Jackson Township up to .April 12, 1S:!7, iiot quite four sections or about one thousand one hundred and forty acres of land had been entered, by about thirty-one persons, no entry being above 160 acres, and nearly all eiglities or forties, The great rush of settlement came in 1837 and 1838. The entries in Jackson Township were made by men of very moderate pecuniary ability. Economy and thrift have, however, become the means of furnishing to many in (ho

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The first entry in Jackson Township was by John Abercrombie, October 16, 1816, southwest quarter Section 7, Town 21, Range 15. Jackson Township was not settled till long afterward.
HISTORY RANDOLPH COUNTY, INDIANA, Illustrations and Biographical Sketches WITH OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, TO WHICH ARE APPENDED MAPS OF ITS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS.1882Read the page →
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The first entry in Jackson Township was by John Abercrombie, October 16, 1816, southwest quarter Section 7, Town 21, Range 15. Jackson Township was not settled till long afterward.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1858 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe New Pittsburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe New Pittsburg post office closes
  5. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1960 to 1986

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

Jackson Township on the 1960 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1986 USGS map1960Cosmos sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jackson Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, New Pittsburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
New LisbonNew Pittsburg
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
Brick Memorial ParkHoover

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ward Township1 historic placeAWayne Township6 historic placesA+Madison 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.