The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Millgrove Township.
Fawn River State Fish Hatchery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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History · Millgrove Township
18% of Millgrove Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Fawn River State Fish Hatchery and the Lime Lake - Lake Gage Channel and Bridge. Below: maps from 1940 on.
2on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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About Millgrove Township’s history
How historic is Millgrove Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 74% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Millgrove Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Millgrove Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Millgrove Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194018.3% of homes (±5.3) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register2 listings, 11.7 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 74%
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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 Millgrove Township’s 11.7 sits near the middle of its state (64% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% 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 (±5.3 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 Millgrove Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Millgrove Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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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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Millgrove Township on the map, 1940 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Millgrove Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1940Orland sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Millgrove Township.
On the National Register
2 historic places in Millgrove Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Fawn River State Fish Hatchery
Sites
Architectural styles listings
Colonial Revival1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Millgrove Township
Nobody well known was born in Millgrove Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
InvernessPanama
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Millgrove Township
CarltonGreenlawn
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.
Questions about Millgrove Township’s history
How does Millgrove Township rank for history?
Millgrove Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Millgrove Township?
Two places: the Fawn River State Fish Hatchery (listed 1997) and the Lime Lake - Lake Gage Channel and Bridge (2019).
How old are the homes in Millgrove Township?
18% of Millgrove Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1978.
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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).
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.