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History · Stroh

Stroh’s post office opened in 1900, and 85% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1942 on.

1900first post office
0on the National Register
85%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Stroh began

When was Stroh founded?

1900

The Stroh post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

126 years
Founding year: the first Stroh post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stroh’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 Stroh are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stroh’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stroh’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stroh, in brief

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

Stroh is an unincorporated community in Milford Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA. The Stroh post office was established in 1900. The settlement has five church buildings, Stroh church of God, Stroh church of Christ, Baptist church, Calvary Chapel, Mt Calvery church.

Its first post office opened in 1900.

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

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.

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On the map

Stroh on the map, 1942 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stroh. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Stroh on the 1942 USGS mapStroh on the 1959 USGS mapStroh on the 1993 USGS map1942Stroh sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stroh.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Milford Township1 historic placeB+Salem TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Stroh’s history

What year was Stroh founded?

The Stroh post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.