The story
Read it all →How Robb Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Robb Township.
Robb Township was organized in 1817. The township was named for the Robb family of pioneer settlers.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Robb Township
14% of Robb Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1890.
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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About Robb Township’s history
How historic is Robb Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 59% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Robb Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Robb Township is more historic than 59% 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 Robb Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194014.3% of homes (±6.5) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register1 listing, 5.1 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 59%
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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 Robb Township’s 5.1 sits near the middle of its state (54% 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 (±6.5 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 Robb 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 Robb Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Robb Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19034 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1980. Watch Robb Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Robb 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Stewartsville
Kilroy
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarrettStewartsville
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Robb Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Robb Township on the map, 1903 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Robb Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903New Harmony sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Robb Township.
Timeline
Robb Township, 1852 to 1982
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Robb Township, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2016On the National Register
1 historic place in Robb Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Robb Township, census by census
Between 1,743 and 2,167 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Robb Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Robb Township
Nobody well known was born in Robb 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.
Questions about Robb Township’s history
How does Robb Township rank for history?
Robb Township is more historic than 59% 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 Robb Township?
14% of Robb Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 Wikimedia Commons (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.