The story
Read it all →How Posey Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Posey Township.
Posey Township is named for Thomas Posey, second Governor of Indiana Territory.
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14% of Posey Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1890.
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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About Posey Township’s history
How historic is Posey Township?
C
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 35% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Posey Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Posey Township is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Posey Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194014.4% of homes (±13.1) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational 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 35%
NewerOlder
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 Posey 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 (±13.1 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 Posey 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 Posey Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Posey 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Andersonville
Stip's Hill
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AndersonvilleBuena VistaLake View
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Posey Township
Old BrickOld Brick
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Posey Township, 1828 to 1958
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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Posey Township on the map, 1958 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Posey Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1958Clarksburg 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 Posey Township.
People over time
Posey Township, census by census
Between 614 and 1,124 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Posey Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Posey Township
Nobody well known was born in Posey Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Laurel TownshipIts storyBRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake ViewIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFugit TownshipIts storyC+Salt Creek TownshipIts storyCOrange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Posey Township’s history
How does Posey Township rank for history?
Posey Township is more historic than 35% 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 Posey Township?
14% of Posey Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±13.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1988.
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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 Wikipedia, 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.