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History · Wabash Township

59% of Wabash Township’s homes were built before 1940

4 places in town are on the National Register.

4on the National Register
59%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wabash Township’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 Wabash Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wabash Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Wabash Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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The story

How Wabash Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wabash Township.

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When General William Henry Harrison took an army from Vincennes to the Battle of Tippecanoe in late 1811, Zachariah Cicott served as a scout. Cicott was familiar with the area because of his time trading up and down the Wabash River starting circa 1801. The trail taken by Harrison's army passed through the area that later became Parke County on its way to and from the battle site in Tippecanoe County. The settlement of Armiesburg was so named because Harrison and his army crossed the Raccoon Creek and camped near there on their way to the battle.

The Phillips Covered Bridge and Sim Smith Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Armiesburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ArabiaArmiesburgBradfield CornerMidway
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wabash Township
ArabiaArmiesburgHixonWatts

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Wabash Township, 1844 to 1909

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Armiesburg post office opens
  3. 1883BuiltSim Smith Bridge is built
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Armiesburg post office closes
  6. 1909BuiltPhillips Bridge is built
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On the National Register

4 historic places in Wabash Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
4
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first listed
1978
Phillips Bridge
Phillips Bridge, built 1909Sim Smith Bridge, built 1883
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Multiple King Post1
Burr Arch1
Phillips BridgeMultiple King Post · Built 1909
Sim Smith BridgeBurr Arch · Built 1883

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Helt Township3 historic placesAAdams Township9 historic placesA+Reserve Township3 historic placesAFlorida Township4 historic placesA

Questions about Wabash Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Wabash Township?

4 listings: 2 structures.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.