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History · Painted Hills

Half of Painted Hills’ homes were built after 1979

Most of Painted Hills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940

What stands out about Painted Hills’ past

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Painted Hills, in brief

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Painted Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its population was 766 as of the 2020 census, up from 677 in 2010. The community is located on the shores of Lake Holiday and Lake Nebo southeast of Martinsville, the Morgan county seat. The two lakes are a combined 196 acres (79 ha) in size.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 677 to 766 (+13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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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 →