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History · Lockhart Township

13% of Lockhart Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lockhart 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 Lockhart Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lockhart Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lockhart 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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Pikeville
1867–1938
Stendal
1873–today
Augusta
1874–1920
Cabel
1898–1903
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AugustaFritz CornerHartwellPikevilleStendal
Gone or out of use
Blackfoot Minemine
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lockhart Township
AugustaBarretSaint PetersStilwell

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

The story so far

Lockhart Township, in brief

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

Lockhart Township is one of nine townships in Pike County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 856 and it contained 402 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 907 to 856 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Lockhart Township, 1867 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Pikeville post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Stendal post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Augusta post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920Post officeThe Augusta post office closes
  7. 1938Post officeThe Pikeville post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lockhart Township

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

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Florence HendersonAmerican actress and singer · b. 1934
Mike BraunAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1954
Don BuseAmerican basketball player · b. 1950
Brad EllsworthAmerican politician · b. 1958
Edd RoushAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1893
Frank W. MilburnUnited States Army general · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Marion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCass Township1 historic placeBPatoka Township3 historic placesA−Lane TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPigeon TownshipIts storyB

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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 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.