Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 10% of U.S. towns · #584 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Miller Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: 7 old photos and papers and maps from 1928 on.
More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Miller Township is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #584 of 593 in Indiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Miller 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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Miller Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Miller Township is one of fourteen townships in Dearborn County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,810 and it contained 3,651 housing units.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 9,810 in 2010, 9,931 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveAtlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added a map of the state of Indiana, also…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…Map
1875Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana - to which is added…MapEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Miller Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Miller Township.
Nobody well known was born in Miller Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Miller Township is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #584 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.
2% of Miller Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1993.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (7), 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.
