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More historic than 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Taylorsville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1860.
The Taylorsville post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Taylorsville is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Taylorsville’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.
Founding year: the first post office (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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylorsville’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,247 in 1980; 867 people lived here in 2020.
7 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Taylorsville’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Taylorsville.
Taylorsville was originally called Herod, and under the latter name was platted in 1849. The post office at Taylorsville has been in operation since 1852.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Taylorsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
deserting the Baptist faith, took many of his congregation with him. He continued to preach the new doctrines, and the number of his followers grew until the Hope Baptist Ciiurch was ultimately abandoned. Soon after the town of Taylorsville was laid out, a Baptist church was founded there rmd kept up principalh' by INIr. R. M. J. Cox, he at one time being the only male member. The congregation built a brick church and at one time had about forty members. The organization was abandoned and the church sold,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
After the town of Taylorsville was founded, a church of this denomination was established there, chieflythrough the instrumentality of Hendrcn Steinberger. Elder Henr}- White was probably its first preacher. About 1862, a frame church, which is still used, was built at a cost of about $2,600, which left the organization considerably in debt, of which about one-half was paid by Mr. Steinberger.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Taylorsville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Taylorsville.
Nobody well known was born in Taylorsville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Taylorsville post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Taylorsville is more historic than 19% 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.
4% of Taylorsville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1967.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
