5 of Pike Township’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 51% of U.S. towns · #374 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Pike Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1890.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pike Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #374 of 593 in Indiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pike Township’s overall grade.
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 Pike Township’s 27.2 sits above most of its state (69% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 226 historic buildings outnumber those of 94% 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 (±0.9 points) is firm at this size.
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 Pike 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 Pike Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pike Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, North America, located in the northwestern portion of the county. The entire township is administratively part of Indianapolis, although a portion of the included town of Clermont lies in the southwest corner. As of the 2020 census, Pike Township had a population of 83,030 living in an area of approximately 107 km² (41.5 mi²). Pike Township was named for Zebulon Pike. The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township nearly covers the township, but a small area in the south is within the Indianapolis Public Schools system. The private Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is also in this township. Eagle Creek P…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 77,895 to 83,030 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Pike Township, 1835 to 1986
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pike Township.
1986Indianapolis sheet · 1:100,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pike Township.
People over time
Pike Township, census by census
Grew from 1,999 people in 1890 to 83,030 in 2020, more than tenfold.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pike Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Pike Township
Nobody well known was born in Pike Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Pike Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #374 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Pike Township?
5 listings: 3 buildings, among them the Hollingsworth House (listed 1977, the first), and 2 historic districts, the New Augusta Historic District and the Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic District, with 223 contributing buildings. 226 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Pike Township?
2% of Pike Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1988.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.
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