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History · Monroe Township

16% of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Oakdale School. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1890.

1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Monroe Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Monroe Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monroe Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1949.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bryansburgh
1834–1856
Mud Lick
1855–1890
Bryantsburg
1858–1907
Belleview
1890–1906
Calloway
1893–1901
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BelleviewBryantsburgCalloway Station
Gone or out of use
Mud Luck Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Monroe Township
Grandview Memorial GardensHebron ChurchSmith

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

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Start Monroe Township’s collection

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

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The story

How Monroe Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Monroe Township.

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Monroe was the next-to-last township created by the Jefferson County commissioners. It was carved from Lancaster Township on March 11, 1842. Much of township became part of the former Jefferson Proving Ground and a substantial part of the population relocated. As a result, there are few institutions or businesses remaining. The Hebron Baptist and Liberty Christian Churches are the only churches and there are no schools or post offices in Monroe Township.

Belleview: March 15, 1890 – May 31, 1906 (originally named Mud Lick)

Big Creek: Aug. 11, 1884 – Oct. 31, 1889; reestablished Feb. 10, 1891 – Apr. 30, 1903

ChaptersDiscontinued churchesThe Monroe Presbyterian Church

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Monroe Township, 1834 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Bryansburgh post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe Mud Lick post office opens
  4. 1856Post officeThe Bryansburgh post office closes
  5. 1858Post officeThe Bryantsburg post office opens
  6. 1890Post officeThe Mud Lick post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1907Post officeThe Bryantsburg post office closes
  9. 1956On 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

Monroe Township on the map, 1956 to 1992

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

Monroe Township on the 1956 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1964 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1980 USGS mapMonroe Township on the 1992 USGS map1956Clifty Falls sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Monroe Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Oakdale School
Oakdale School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gable-Front1
All 1 listings
Oakdale SchoolBuilding · listed 1993

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

People over time

Monroe Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,267

Between 233 and 1,267 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Monroe Township

Nobody well known was born in Monroe Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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William M. DunnU.S. Representative from Indiana · b. 1814
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Bill PierceAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Bob DonewaldAmerican basketball coach · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lancaster Township2 historic placesAShelby TownshipIts storyC−Madison Township7 historic placesA+Shelby Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Monroe Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Monroe Township?

One place: the Oakdale School (listed 1993).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.