Most of Monroe Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1950 on and old-book passages.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Monroe Township is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Monroe Township’s overall grade.
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 Monroe 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.
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 (±6.1 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 Monroe Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monroe Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Monroe Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,120 (down from 1,147 at 2010) and it contained 458 housing units. Monroe Township was organized in 1855.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,147 to 1,120 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Monroe Township in 1919
Passages that mention Monroe Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A Standard History of Kosciusko County Indiana1919 · page 593Read the page →
Read the text
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver spent nearly thirty years on a farm in Wood County but in 1905 sold out and moved to Monroe Township of Kosciusko County, where they have a large and well managed farm of 120 acres. Mr. Weaver has always been very successful in handling livestock and makes that an important feature of his farm work.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
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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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Monroe Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950Pierceton 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.
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.
Monroe Township is more historic than 24% 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.
How old are the homes in Monroe Township?
9% of Monroe Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1996.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
