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From Wikipedia’s history of Pleasant Run Township.
Pleasant Run Township was established in 1818. It was named after the Pleasant Run creek.
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12% of Pleasant Run Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
Where Pleasant Run Township’s name came from
How did Pleasant Run Township get its name?
Pleasant Run Township was named after the Pleasant Run creek.
How historic is Pleasant Run Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
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History grade
What drives Pleasant Run Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant Run Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. 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 Run Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194011.5% of homes (±8.6) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B−National 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 29%
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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 Pleasant Run 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 (±8.6 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 Run Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Pleasant Run Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant Run 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
Another post office, Bartlettsville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Heltonville
Bartlettsville
Zelma
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BartlettsvilleHeltonvilleZelma
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Run Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Pleasant Run Township, 1846 to 1905
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.
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History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Pleasant Run Township’s history
How does Pleasant Run Township rank for history?
Pleasant Run Township is more historic than 29% 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.
How old are the homes in Pleasant Run Township?
12% of Pleasant Run Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.6 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1984.
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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 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.