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History · Montmorenci

Montmorenci’s post office opened in 1881, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1942 on.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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Quick answers

How Montmorenci began

When was Montmorenci founded?

1881

The Montmorenci post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 173145 years
Founding year: the first Montmorenci post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
The story

How Montmorenci came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Montmorenci.

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An old variant name of the community was called Bringham's Grove.

A post office was established under the name Bringham's Grove in 1846, and was renamed to Montmorenci in 1853. It is currently not in operation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Montmorenci, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s6 items
Frank Sheroan's farmyard before his "quitting farming" sale. Montmorenci, Indiana1937Frank Sheroan's farmyard before his "quitting farming…Three helpers at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale near Montmorenci, Indiana1937Three helpers at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale nea…Auctioning pigs at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale near Montmorenci, Indiana1937Auctioning pigs at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale n…Notice which appeared in a Montmorenci, Indiana newspaper. Frank Sheroan sale1937Notice which appeared in a Montmorenci, Indiana newsp…Farmers at closing-out sale of Frank Sheroan's farm near Montmorenci, Indiana1937Farmers at closing-out sale of Frank Sheroan's farm n…Auctioning a cow at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale near Montmorenci, Indiana1937Auctioning a cow at Frank Sheroan's closing-out sale …
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Montmorenci on the map, 1942 to 1986

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

Montmorenci on the 1942 USGS mapMontmorenci on the 1951 USGS mapMontmorenci on the 1961 USGS mapMontmorenci on the 1986 USGS map1942Otterbein 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 Montmorenci.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Frank Sheroan's farmyard before his "quitting farming" sale. Montmorenci, Indiana
Retake this viewFrank Sheroan's farmyard before his "quitting farming" sale. Montmorenci, Indiana, 1937

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Finish Montmorenci’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Questions about Montmorenci’s history

What year was Montmorenci founded?

The Montmorenci post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.