The story
Read it all →How Marshall Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Marshall Township.
Marshall Township was named for John Marshall, fourth Chief Justice of the United States.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Marshall Township
12% of Marshall Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #480 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Below: maps from 1935 on.
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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About Marshall Township’s history
How historic is Marshall Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Marshall Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marshall Township is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #480 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Marshall Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194011.9% of homes (±5.4) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B−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 30%
NewerOlder
Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 19%
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 Marshall 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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.4 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Marshall 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Guthrie
Avoca
Peerless
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AvocaCoveyvilleGuthrieJudahLoganMurdockNeedmorePeerlessStemmThornton
Gone or out of use
Guthrie QuarrymineP M and B Quarrymine
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marshall Township
AndersonBrinegarHaysHopkinsMount ZionPerkins
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Marshall Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marshall 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
Marshall Township, 1855 to 1942
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1855Post officeThe Guthrie post office opens
- 1856Post officeThe Avoca post office opens
- 1894Post officeThe Peerless post office opens
- 20th century
- 1932Post officeThe Peerless post office closes
- 1935
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1942Post officeThe Guthrie 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Marshall Township on the map, 1935 to 1978
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marshall Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1935Oolitic 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 Marshall Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Marshall Township
Nobody well known was born in Marshall Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Marshall Township’s history
How does Marshall Township rank for history?
Marshall Township is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #480 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Marshall Township?
12% of Marshall Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.4 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1988.
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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).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.