Most of Montgomery Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1890.
The Montgomery Township post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Paris (1841) and Montgomery (1849), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 722 in 18902020 census: 950177 years
Founding year: the first Montgomery Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Montgomery Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 950 (down from 978 at 2010) and it contained 416 housing units.
Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 978 to 950 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montgomery Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Deputy 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 Montgomery Township.
People over time
Montgomery Township, census by census
Between 639 and 983 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Montgomery Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Montgomery Township
Nobody well known was born in Montgomery Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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.
