The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Posey Township.
The Merit-Tandy Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
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History · Posey Township
20% of Posey Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Merit-Tandy Farmstead. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 1890.
1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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About Posey Township’s history
How historic is Posey Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 81% 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 81% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Posey Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraWithout a firm founding date for Posey Township, this grade rests on its old homes and Register listings–Homes built before 194019.9% of homes (±11.6) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 4 historic buildings, 30.7 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 81%
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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 Posey Township’s 30.7 sits above most of its state (70% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 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
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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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Quercus Grove
Grants Creek
Antioch
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AntiochGurley CornerQuercus GroveSearcy Crossroads
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Posey Township
AntiochConcordEastviewGrant BrothersJackMcNuttMeadMungerQuercus GroveWigal
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Posey Township, 1822 to 1981
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1822Post officeThe Quercus Grove post office opens
- 1831Post officeThe Grants Creek post office opens
- 1866Post officeThe Grants Creek post office closes
- 1894Post officeThe Antioch post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Antioch post office closes
- 1905Post officeThe Quercus Grove post office closes
- 1981
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.
Add from your albumOn the map
Posey Township on the map in 1981
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Posey Township.
1981Patriot 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.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Posey Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Merit-Tandy Farmstead
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Federal1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Posey Township, census by census
Between 921 and 2,253 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.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Posey Township’s history
How does Posey Township rank for history?
Posey Township is more historic than 81% 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.
What is on the National Register in Posey Township?
One place: the Merit-Tandy Farmstead (listed 1977).
How old are the homes in Posey Township?
20% of Posey 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 1992.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.