Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1967 on.
Battle Plain Township dates its founding to 1877 (Wikidata).
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Battle Plain Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Battle Plain Township.
Battle Plain Township was originally called Riverside Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1877. The present name, adopted in 1878, commemorates a Native American battle site located there.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Battle Plain Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Battle Plain Township.
Nobody well known was born in Battle Plain Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1877, according to Wikidata.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
