More historic than 43% of U.S. towns · #413 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Most of Sellersburg was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1880.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1854.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Sellersburg’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sellersburg is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #413 of 593 in Indiana. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Sellersburg’s overall grade.
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 Sellersburg’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 points). Two sources give 1846.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Sellersburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Sellersburg takes its name from its founder, Moses Sellers, who laid out the town in 1846. Sellersburg was incorporated in 1890. The first post office at Sellersburg was established in 1854, at which time the name was spelled Sellersburgh.
Silver Creek High School's boys' basketball team won the 2019 and 2021 IHSAA 3-A state championships.
Silver Creek High School's Boys' Baseball team won the 2023 IHSAA 3-A state championship.
Passages that mention Sellersburg, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Baird's history of Clark County, Indiana1909 · page 99Read the page →
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Sellersburg was laid out in 1846, by Closes W. Sellers and John Hill. Sellersburg is very irregularly laid oft. None oi the forty-two lots have a riglit angle. It resembles an isosceles triangle pressed together from its base.
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Baird's history of Clark County, Indiana1909 · page 239Read the page →
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The two branches continued to occupy the house, alternately, until about 1834. when the majority built a commodious and neat house in Sellersburg and styled themselves the "Silver Creek Christian church." On December 4. 1858, the majority gave its entire right and title in the old meeting-house to the Charleston Baptist church. The schism of 1829 caused by the propagation of the principles advocated in the Christian Baptist resulted in the adoption of extreme views by those of the minority. However, the strict adherence of these few to what they believed to be the scriptural teaching regard-
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
In 1846, according to Wikidata. Sellersburg’s post office opened in 1854, and the census of 1880 counted 169 people here.
How does Sellersburg rank for history?
Sellersburg is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #413 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Sellersburg?
7% of Sellersburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1979.
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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.
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