On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Union Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #262 of 593 in Indiana. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Union Township’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 Union Township’s 5.1 sits near the middle of its state (53% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 5 historic buildings outnumber those of 70% 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 (±4.1 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 Union Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Guernsey
1882–1907
Norway
1898–1899
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cedar PointEast MonticelloGingrich AdditionGolden HillGuernseyIndiana BeachLakewoodNorwayRichey Park
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
CutlerRiverview
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Union Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Union Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Union Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,860 and it contained 5,082 housing units. Union Township was organized in 1834.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 9,906 in 2010, 9,860 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Union Township in 1915
Passages that mention Union Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A standard history of White County, Indiana1915Read the page →
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Union Township was one of the four divisions of White County at its organization in 183-4, and included all of the present territory west of the Tippecanoe River and north of the line dividing Townships 25 am! 26 north, together with the attached territory of what now constitutes the counties of Newton and Jasper and the western portion of Pulaski. The political steps by which it was reduced to its present body include I he creation of Monon Township in 1836, of Liberty in 1837, and Honey Creek in 1856.
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A standard history of White County, Indiana1915Read the page →
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First Township Officers On the day of the creation of Union Township (July 19, 1834) the county commissioners appointed the following officers for the new township: Peter Price and Klias Lowther, overseers of the poor; Samuel Cray, Sr., and James Johnson, fence viewers; William Wilson, road supervisor. At the same time an election for a justice of the peace was ordered to be held on the first Monday of the following August, Joshua Lindsey being the choice of the voters. In May, 1835, Melchi Gray
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Union Township, 1882 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Monticello South 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 Union Township.
On the National Register
3 historic places in Union Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Union Township, census by census
Between 2,632 and 10,436 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Union Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Union Township
Nobody well known was born in Union Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Union Township is more historic than 74% of U.S. towns, #262 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 Union Township?
18% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1971.
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 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 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.
