On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant Township is more historic than 66% 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 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 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 (±11.6 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 Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Laketon
1839–today
New Harrisburg
1871–1883
Ijamsville
1874–1923
Disko
1883–1946
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DiskoIjamsvilleLaketonNewton
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Township
LaketonPleasant HillShiloh
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Pleasant Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pleasant Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pleasant Township is one of seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,388 (down from 2,412 at 2010) and it contained 1,000 housing units.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,412 in 2010, 2,388 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Pleasant Township in 1914
Passages that mention Pleasant Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
l)ai'i'ntly contlicting statements as to the tirst settlers of the two townships. For instance, both Pleasant aiul Paw Paw townships often claim John Antlerson as their pioneer settler. Uiuloubtedly he was the first \vhite i'esi(U'nt in the Pleasant Township of 1886, but is displaced by another when the Pleasant Township of 1873, or of the present, is considered.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Pleasant Township was formed in :\Iay, 1836, by the Board of County Commissioners who struck off from the north end of Noljle Township a tract of country nine miles north and south, and eight miles east and west. Township officers were appointed and in the following June a justice of the peace elected. Thus Pleasant Township perfected its civil organization.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Pleasant Township, 1839 to 1923
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Pleasant Township is more historic than 66% 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 Township?
45% of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.6 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1952.
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 the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
