The story
Read it all →How Newcastle Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Newcastle Township.
The John Haimbaugh Round Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Newcastle Township
22% of Newcastle Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Haimbaugh, John, Round Barn. Below: maps from 1984 on.
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Newcastle Township’s history
How historic is Newcastle Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 74% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Newcastle Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Newcastle Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Newcastle Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194021.9% of homes (±8.5) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 7.7 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 74%
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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 Newcastle Township’s 7.7 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±8.5 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 Newcastle Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Newcastle Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newcastle Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Bloomingsburg
Talma
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Talma
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Newcastle Township
HamlettMeredithReichterSycamore Memorial ParkYellow Creek
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Newcastle Township, 1851 to 1984
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
Add from your albumOn the map
Newcastle Township on the map in 1984
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Newcastle Township.
1984Knox sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newcastle Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Newcastle 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
Haimbaugh, John, Round Barn
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
True-circular Barn1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Newcastle Township
Nobody well known was born in Newcastle Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Newcastle Township’s history
How does Newcastle Township rank for history?
Newcastle Township is more historic than 74% 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.
What is on the National Register in Newcastle Township?
One place: the Haimbaugh, John, Round Barn (listed 1993).
How old are the homes in Newcastle Township?
22% of Newcastle Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.5 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1981.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.