Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: old-book passages.
Tipton Township was named for Indiana Senator John Tipton.
More historic than 94% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tipton Township is more historic than 94% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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 Tipton Township’s 25.5 sits above most of its state (69% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 5 historic buildings outnumber those of 70% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Tipton Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Tipton Township.
Tipton Township was organized in 1840. It was named for Indiana Senator John Tipton.
Pipe Creek Falls Resort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Tipton Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Thomas was formerly a Whig, but since 1856 has been an ardent Republican. He has held the office of township trustee two terms, the office of assessor for one term, and had charge of the Onward postoffice two years, being the first yxistmaster in Tipton Township. During his earlier life he gave considerable attention to civil engineering, having studied the subject at Springfield, Ohio, and a great deal of the surveying done in Tipton Township has naturally devolved upon him. He is an intelligent, well informed man, and
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The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Tipton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Tipton Township is more historic than 94% 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.
One place: the Pipe Creek Falls Resort (listed 1995).
42% of Tipton Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.8 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1951.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.
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