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History · Wayne Township

36% of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wayne 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 Wayne Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wayne Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bluegrass
1851–1906
Grasscreek
1884–1964
Fletcher
1888–1904
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FletcherGrass CreekMarshtown
Gone or out of use
Friedrich Airportairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wayne Township
BaumanGrass CreekReedSaint AnnsSmalley

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

The story so far

Wayne Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wayne Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wayne Township is one of eight townships in Fulton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 545 (down from 569 at 2010) and it contained 242 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 569 to 545 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Wayne Township, 1851 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Bluegrass post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Grasscreek post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Fletcher post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Fletcher post office closes
  7. 1906Post officeThe Bluegrass post office closes
  8. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1964Post officeThe Grasscreek post office closes
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.

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On the map

Wayne Township on the map in 1960

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wayne Township.

Wayne Township on the 1960 USGS map1960Grass Creek 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 Wayne Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wayne Township

Nobody well known was born in Wayne Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lola LaneAmerican actress · b. 1906
Henry A. BarnhartAmerican politician · b. 1858
Anita AllenAmerican pentathlete · b. 1977
Justin HaleyAmerican racing driver · b. 1999
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Don HendricksonMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1913
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John BuchananProfessor of biochemistry at the Massachusetts … · b. 1917
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union TownshipIts storyBLiberty TownshipIts storyB−Van Buren TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBethlehem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.