The story
Read it all →How Richland Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Richland Township.
The Bert Leedy Round Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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History · Richland Township
43% of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 89% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Leedy, Bert, Round Barn. Below: maps from 1962 on.
1on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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About Richland Township’s history
How historic is Richland Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 89% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Richland Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Richland Township is more historic than 89% 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 Richland Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraWithout a firm founding date for Richland Township, this grade rests on its old homes and Register listings–Homes built before 194042.9% of homes (±17.5) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%A+National Register1 listing, 12.4 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 89%
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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 Richland Township’s 12.4 sits above most of its state (65% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±17.5 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 Richland Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Richland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Richland Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richland 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.
Tiosa
Richland Centre
Richland Center
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Richland CenterTiosa
1cemetery inside Richland Township
Sand Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Richland Township, 1872 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1872Post officeThe Tiosa post office opens
- 1878Post officeThe Richland Centre post office opens
- 1893Post officeThe Richland Centre post office closes
- 1893Post officeThe Richland Center post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Richland Center post office closes
- 1924
BuiltLeedy, Bert, Round Barn is built - 1932Post officeThe Tiosa post office closes
- 1962
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
Richland Township on the map, 1962 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Richland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Rutland 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 Richland Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Richland Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Leedy, Bert, Round Barn
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Round Barn1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Richland Township
Nobody well known was born in Richland Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Lawrence Dale BellAmerican industrialist, founder of Bell Aircraf… · b. 1894
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Ed SmithAmerican baseball player · b. 1879Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Richland Township’s history
How does Richland Township rank for history?
Richland Township is more historic than 89% 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 Richland Township?
One place: the Leedy, Bert, Round Barn (listed 1993).
How old are the homes in Richland Township?
43% of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±17.5 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1961.
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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.