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History · Jordan Township

55% of Jordan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Jordan 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 Jordan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jordan Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Jordan Township’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 844 in 1910; 220 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jordan 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

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

Hedrick
1880–1959
Pence
1903–today
Sloan
1913–1941
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HedrickPenceSloanStewartSycamore Corner
1cemetery inside Jordan Township
Jordan

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

The story

How Jordan Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jordan Township.

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Jordan Township was created in 1850 from a section of the adjacent Liberty Township. At this time the land was marshy and not considered very good for farming, and was used largely for grazing livestock. Starting around 1880, some of the higher ground began to be farmed, and as the population increased this was expanded. The grain grown was either fed to livestock or hauled by wagon to elevators at Ambia, West Lebanon, or Rossville, Illinois.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Jordan Township, 1880 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Hedrick post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Pence post office opens
  5. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 844
  6. 1913Post officeThe Sloan post office opens
  7. 1941Post officeThe Sloan post office closes
  8. 1959Post officeThe Hedrick post office closes
  9. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Jordan Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Map of Warren County Indiana highlighting Jordan Township2007Map of Warren County Indiana highlighting Jordan Town…Map
On the map

Jordan Township on the map, 1961 to 1980

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

Jordan Township on the 1961 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1980 USGS map1961West Lebanon 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 Jordan Township.

People over time

Jordan Township, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 844

Peaked at 844 in 1910; 220 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Jordan Township

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

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Albert Lee Stephens, Sr.American judge · b. 1874
Jacob Edwin MeekerAmerican politician · b. 1878
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Jewell YoungAmerican basketball player/coach · b. 1913
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Bernard SobelAmerican playwright, drama critic, and author · b. 1887
Mary Theodosia MugNun, penwoman, biographer, historian · b. 1860
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William Lynn ParkinsonUnited States federal judge · b. 1902
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Liberty Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSteuben TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJudyvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike TownshipIts storyC+

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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), 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.