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More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #491 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1890.
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant Township is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #491 of 593 in Indiana. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull 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 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.
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 →
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 Pleasant Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Pleasant Township.
Pleasant Township was organized in 1836, and named for the scenic landscapes within its borders.
The Collier Lodge site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
2021Morrison Baseball Team, 1907 - Pleasant Township, Por…
2020Untitled photo
2020Power Lines 2020-07-10 094
2020Power Lines 2020-07-10 093
2020Power Lines 2020-07-10 092
2020Pleasant Township 2020-07-10 090
2020Pleasant Township 2020-07-10 089
2019Spring flood 3
2019Spring flood 2
2019Spring flood 1
2018Soy beans for harvest
2018Soy beans drying
2008West of Kouts (looking east) medium
2008Northfield 5
2008Northfield 4
2008Farm (north field view)
2005Pleasant Township Soy n CornfieldThe U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant Township.
1953Chicago sheet · 1:250,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pleasant Township.
Grew from 984 people in 1890 to 4,478 in 2020, 4 times over.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pleasant Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Pleasant Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Pleasant Township is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #491 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.
11% of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 (17), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
