The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Tippecanoe Township.
Carrollton Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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History · Tippecanoe Township
15% of Tippecanoe Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1962 on and old-book passages.
0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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About Tippecanoe Township’s history
How historic is Tippecanoe Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 36% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Tippecanoe Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tippecanoe Township is more historic than 36% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tippecanoe Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194015.4% of homes (±6.6) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 36%
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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 Tippecanoe Township’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 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 (±6.6 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 Tippecanoe Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Tippecanoe Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tippecanoe 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
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Pleasant Run
Pittsburg
Sleeth
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
PittsburgSleeth
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tippecanoe Township
BenhamPleasant Run
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the old history books
What they wrote about Tippecanoe Township in 1882
Passages that mention Tippecanoe Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Carroll County, Indiana1882 · page 148Read the page →
Read the text
In Tippecanoe Township, the first building erected especially for school purposes was the Pleasant Run Schoolhouse, a neat, hewed-log structure, built about the year 1836, or prior to that date. It was used and occupied pretty regularly, at least one term each year being taught therein. After having been used for some fifteen or sixteen years, it took fu-e and was burned to the groxmd on the 3d day of January, 1851. Soon after, a frame building was erected on the site of the old log schoolhouse, with
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.
Timeline
Tippecanoe Township, 1835 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1835Post officeThe Pleasant Run post office opens
- 1838Post officeThe Pittsburg post office opens
- 1845Post officeThe Pleasant Run post office closes
- 1880Post officeThe Sleeth post office opens
- 20th century
- 1907Post officeThe Sleeth post office closes
- 1915Post officeThe Pittsburg post office closes
- 1962
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Tippecanoe Township on the map, 1962 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tippecanoe Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Delphi sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tippecanoe Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Tippecanoe Township
Nobody well known was born in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe Township’s history
How does Tippecanoe Township rank for history?
Tippecanoe Township is more historic than 36% 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 Tippecanoe Township?
15% of Tippecanoe Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1977.
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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.