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History · Morgan Township

27% of Morgan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Morgan 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 Morgan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Morgan Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Morgan Township.

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Morgan was platted in 1878. The city was named for Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881), an American politician and anthropologist. A post office has been in operation in Morgan since 1878. Morgan was incorporated in 1889.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Morgan Township on the map, 1953 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morgan Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Morgan Township on the 1953 USGS mapMorgan Township on the 1983 USGS mapMorgan Township on the 1991 USGS map1953Morgan sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morgan Township.

People over time

Morgan Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 975

Between 301 and 975 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morgan Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Brookville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThree Lakes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.