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History · Mitcheltree Township

Half of Mitcheltree Township’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Mitcheltree Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mitcheltree 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 Mitcheltree Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mitcheltree Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,496 in 1900; 571 people lived here in 2020.Old burying grounds14 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mitcheltree Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mitcheltree Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Mountain Spring
1850–1905
Cale
1884–1908
Indian Springs
1885–today
Mount Olive
1887–1916
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaleIndian SpringsMount Olive
Gone or out of use
Mountain Spring Post Officepost office
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mitcheltree Township
BridgesBridgesBrockChandlerClarkDog TrotJacksonModrel ChapelPleasant GroveRectorRobertsUno - PatonWagnerWards Chapel

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

People over time

Mitcheltree Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,496

Peaked at 1,496 in 1900; 571 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mitcheltree Township’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Mitcheltree Township, in brief

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

Mitcheltree Township is one of six townships in Martin County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 571 and it contained 313 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 624 to 571 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Mitcheltree Township, 1850 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Mountain Spring post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Cale post office opens
  4. 1885Post officeThe Indian Springs post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 1,496
  7. 1905Post officeThe Mountain Spring post office closes
  8. 1908Post officeThe Cale post office closes
  9. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Mitcheltree Township on the map, 1935 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mitcheltree Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mitcheltree Township on the 1935 USGS mapMitcheltree Township on the 1942 USGS mapMitcheltree Township on the 1957 USGS mapMitcheltree Township on the 1978 USGS mapMitcheltree Township on the 1993 USGS map1935Oolitic sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mitcheltree Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Halbert Township1 historic placeA−Spice Valley Township1 historic placeB−Perry Township1 historic placeB+Indian Creek TownshipIts storyB−Center Township1 historic placeBJackson Township1 historic placeC−

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.