The story
Read it all →How Pleasant Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Pleasant Township.
Pleasant Township was established in 1834, and named from its scenic landscapes.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Pleasant Township
Half of Pleasant Township’s homes were built after 1969
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #548 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Pleasant Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1958 on.
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
About Pleasant Township’s history
How historic is Pleasant Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 18% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Pleasant Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #548 of 593 in Indiana. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pleasant Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19405.3% of homes (±5.3) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 18%
NewerOlder
Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 8%
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 Pleasant Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±5.3 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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Pleasant Township, 1870 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Pleasant Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1870s1 item
On the map
Pleasant Township on the map, 1958 to 1974
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1958La Porte East sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pleasant Township.
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.
Retake this viewRose Hill Post Office, 1875
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pleasant Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Pleasant Township
Nobody well known was born in Pleasant Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Another post office, Stillwell, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Salem HeightsStillwell
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Pleasant Township’s history
How does Pleasant Township rank for history?
Pleasant Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #548 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.
How old are the homes in Pleasant Township?
5% of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1969.
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 Wikimedia Commons (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.