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History · Metamora Township

Metamora Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 116 buildings between them.

1838first post office
2on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Metamora Township began

When was Metamora Township founded?

1838

The Metamora Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 943188 years
Founding year: the first Metamora Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Metamora Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A historic districtThe Metamora Historic District takes in 115 historic buildings.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Metamora Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Metamora Township.Old housesHalf of Metamora Township’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

2 listings protect 116 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
116
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Whitewater Canal Historic District
Whitewater Canal Historic DistrictMetamora Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Gothic Revival1
Italianate1
Whitewater Canal Historic DistrictDistrict
Metamora Historic DistrictGreek Revival

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

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Start Metamora Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Metamora Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Metamora Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Metamora Township.

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Metamora was platted in 1838. The community derives its name from the play Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags by John Augustus Stone.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Metamora Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Bandstand, Village Green, Metamora, IN2023Bandstand, Village Green, Metamora, IN1930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora, IN20231930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora,…1930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora, IN20231930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora,…1930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora, IN20231930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora,…1930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora, IN20231930s Chevrolet Pickup Truck, Tyner Street, Metamora,…Metamora, Franklin Cty Indiana2006Metamora, Franklin Cty Indiana
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
MetamoraMillville
Gone or out of use
Elm Grove Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Metamora Township
McKenzieMetamora

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.

Laurel TownshipIts storyBButler TownshipIts storyC−Brookville Township4 historic placesASalt Creek TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Metamora Township’s history

What year was Metamora Township founded?

The Metamora Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Metamora Township?

Two places: the Whitewater Canal Historic District (listed 1973) and the Metamora Historic District (1992).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.