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History · Round Grove Township

Round Grove Township’s post office opened in 1878, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Round Grove Township began

When was Round Grove Township founded?

1878

The Round Grove Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Roundgrove (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 252148 years
Founding year: the first Round Grove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Round Grove Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Round Grove Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Round Grove Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Round Grove Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 252 and it contained 100 housing units. Round Grove Township was established in 1858. The township was named for a former round grove in the southern half of the township.

Its first post office opened in 1878. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 259 to 252 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Round Grove Township in 1915

Passages that mention Round Grove Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Former Postoffices There has been two postoffices in Round Grove Township — one at Round Grove, established in 1879, and the other at Dern, established in 1881. The first postmaster at the latter was Dr. A. Jackson Dern, the only physician of the township for some time.
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Former Postoffices There has been two postoffices in Round Grove Township — one at Round Grove, established in 1879, and the other at Dern, established in 1881. The first postmaster at the latter was Dr. A. Jackson Dern, the only physician of the township for some time.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Round Grove Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Meadow Lake Wind Farm from U.S. Route 2312012Meadow Lake Wind Farm from U.S. Route 231
Famous people

Famous people close to Round Grove Township

Nobody well known was born in Round Grove Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Robert KeithAmerican actor · b. 1898
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Amanda ElmoreAmerican rower · b. 1991
Marshall PlumleeAmerican basketball player · b. 1992
Brian BinnieUnited States naval aviator and commercial astr… · b. 1953
Cleve JonesAmerican LGBT rights and AIDS activist · b. 1954
Adam KennedyAmerican artist · b. 1922
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Roundgrove, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Round Grove

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West Point TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie TownshipIts storyB−Shelby TownshipIts storyC−Wabash Township12 historic placesB+Pine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Round Grove Township’s history

What year was Round Grove Township founded?

The Round Grove Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.