12% of Warren Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 88% of U.S. towns · #168 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
13 places in town are on the National Register, among them five historic districts with 4,692 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1890.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Warren Township is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns, #168 of 593 in Indiana. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Warren Township’s overall grade.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Warren Township ranks #81 on History.
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 Warren Township’s 452 sits above most of its state (95% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 4,791 historic buildings outnumber those of 100% 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 (±1.3 points) is firm at this size.
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 Warren Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Hamilton School Number 77schoolHawthorne School Number 50schoolHooks AirportairportWeir School Number 71school
16cemeteries and burying grounds inside Warren Township
AndersonBradyDavisFreemanHuntingtonKitley KingLuebkingMcVeyMemorial ParkMemorial ParkMount Pleasant Methodist ChurchMuesingSaint Johns LutheranWashington Park EastWitteZion United Church of Christ
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Warren Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warren 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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Warren Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Warren Township is one of nine townships in Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 106,191, up from 99,433 at 2010. Warren Township was named for Joseph Warren. Warren Central High School, Creston Middle School, and Raymond Park Middle School are located within the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 99,433 to 106,191 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Warren Township, 1834 to 1949
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 Warren Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1948Indianapolis East 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 Warren Township.
People over time
Warren Township, census by census
Grew from 2,854 people in 1890 to 106,191 in 2020, more than tenfold.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warren Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Warren Township
Nobody well known was born in Warren Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Warren Township is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns, #168 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.
What is on the National Register in Warren Township?
13 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Benton House (listed 1973, the first), 5 historic districts with 4,692 contributing buildings, and 1 site. 4,791 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Warren Township?
12% of Warren Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1968.
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 (7), the National Register of Historic Places (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
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