Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 77% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Scott-Lucas House and the Seller's Standard Station and Pullman Diner. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1961 on, and the census since 1880.
Morocco dates its founding to 1851 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1880.
More historic than 77% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Morocco is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Morocco’s 38.5 sits above most of its state (72% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). 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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morocco’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Morocco.
Morocco was laid out in 1851. The town was named after Morocco, for a traveler's Moroccan red boots. A post office has been in operation at the town since 1859.
The Scott-Lucas House and Seller's Standard Station and Pullman Diner are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Morocco, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Ducala is a large province, west of the city of Morocco. Abda is a large province, south of the city of Morocco, The following Arab provinces are now the whole of them in revolt, namely, Shedna, Shetuka, Erhamna, Saragna, Zeraran, Shebanat, VVoled Hamar, IVIorocco, Woled Diem.
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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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereSam Rice is born here
In the archiveIndiana - Lafayette
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2021UC Morocco 4858
2021UB Church 5322
2021UB Church 5321
2021Town Services 5313
2021Town Services 5312
2021Town Services 5311
2021Street Clock 5318
2021State St 5317
2021State St 5315
2021State St 5314
2021Police Dept 5310
2021Morocco(College & Main) 4859
2021Morocco Library 4857
2021KofP Hall 5316
2015Seller's Standard Station in
2011Tornado Damage at the Bowers Place, 1912
2011Morocco P5160088
2011Morocco P5160087
2011Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1920Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morocco. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morocco.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Morocco’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 174 and 1,348 people in every census since 1880.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morocco’s Wikipedia page.
In 1851, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Morocco’s post office opened in 1859, and the census of 1880 counted 174 people here.
Morocco is more historic than 77% 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.
Two places: the Scott-Lucas House (listed 2003) and the Seller's Standard Station and Pullman Diner (2014).
36% of Morocco’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.9 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1954.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (21), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.
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