The White Post Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, White Post (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 922 in 18902020 census: 1,072188 years
How historic is White Post Township?
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More historic than 75% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first White Post Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives White Post Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, White Post Township is more historic than 75% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of White Post 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 White Post Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±17.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 White Post Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of White Post Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
White Post Township is one of twelve townships in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,072 and it contained 450 housing units. The township is an almost precise 6 mile by 6 mile square; 36.46 square miles and runs from the intersection of County Road 200N and County Road CR1700W (Jasper County line) southwards along CR1700W to CR400S thence east to CR 1100W thence north to CR200N and finally back west to the origin. White Post Township took its name from a stagecoach stop named White Post, and it is supposed the stop was named for a nearby large white stump.
Its first post office opened in 1838. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,075 in 2010, 1,072 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
White Post Township, 1838 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 White Post Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962North Judson SE 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 White Post Township.
People over time
White Post Township, census by census
Between 922 and 1,401 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on White Post Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to White Post Township
Nobody well known was born in White Post Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The White Post Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does White Post Township rank for history?
White Post Township is more historic than 75% 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.
How old are the homes in White Post Township?
45% of White Post Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±17.0 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1948.
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), 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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