Franklin Township was established in June 1859. Page 83, Tucker history, 1882.
It is located near the northwest corner of Randolph County.
Franklin Township is about 24 square miles.
According to the 2010 US Census, it had 576 housing units, and a population of 1,265.
First settler in Franklin Township was Meshach Lewallyn, Summer of 1817. Page 57, Tucker history, 1882.
Ridgeville. Section 12, Town 21, range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Franklin Township.
1851 and still active.
Green Township was established in January 1834. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
It is located in the northwest corner of Randolph County.
Green Township is about 29 square miles.
According to the 2010 US Census, it had 404 housing units, and a population of 957.
Emmetsville. Section 5, Town 5, Ranges 7 & 8, Town 21, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Fairview. Section 4, Town 21, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Olive Branch. Section Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Rockingham. "On Mississinewa, below Ridgeville." Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Shedville. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Steubenville. Section 13 & 14, Town 21, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Greensfork Township was organized in 1818. Orignally, it included the entire southern portion of the county. Page 80, Tucker history, 1882.
It is located in the southeast corner of Randolph County.
Greensfork Township is about 46.09 square miles,
According to the 2010 Census, it had 469 housing units,
and a population of 1082.
Arba. Section 33, Town 16, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Crete.
Edgewood. "Seminary and church". Section 12, Town 16, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Spartanburg. (Newburg). Section 10, Town 16, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
June 2018, reference material organized into two 2" binders for research review at RCHS.
Jackson Township was established in November 1833. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
It is located in the northeast corner of Randolph County.
Jackson Township is about 30.41 square miles.
According to the 2010 Census, it had 215 housing units,
and a population of 619.
Allensville. Section 9, Town 21, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Castle. "Store and toll-gate." Section 27, Town 21, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Mount Holly. Section 27, Town 21, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
New Lisbon. Section 12, Town 18, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
New Middletown. Section 30, Town 21, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
New Pittsburg. Section 6, Town 21, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Monroe Township was established before 1851. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
It is located in the west-central part of Randolph County.
Monroe Township is about 29.14 square miles.
According to the 2010 Census, it had 1609 housing units,
and a population of 3711.
Farmland. Sections 12, 13, 18, & 20, Town 20, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Parker City. (Parker). (Morristown). Section 16 & 17, Town 20, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Royston. Section 17, Town 20, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Established in January 1835. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
About 1956: Nettle Creek Township was a historical township that existed in Randolph County, Indiana. It was combined with the historical township of West River to form the present day Union Township.
Fallen Timber. "Northeast of Losantville." Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Flemingsburg. Section 23, Town 19, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Losantville. Sections 11, 12, 13 & 14, Town 19, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Pleasant View. (Good View). Section 11, 12, 13, & 15, Town 19, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Originally called Stony Creek Township.
Stoney Creek Township was established in July 1826. Page 83, Tucker history, 1882.
It is located in the west-central part of Randolph County.
Stoney Creek Township is about 26.76 square miles,
According to the 2010 Census, it had 425 housing units,
and a population of 990.
Georgetown. Section 20, Town 20, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Neff. "Store and dwelling." Section 24, Town 20, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Pinch.
Windsor. Section 10, Town 18, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Stoney Creek Township.
Windsor Post Office: 1831-1898.
Opal Post Office: 1900-1901.
Opal post office was located in Windsor, IN according to Heiss/Hamilton history book
Union Township was established in March 1838. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
It is located in the southwest corner of Randolph County.
Union Township is about 71.65 square miles.
According to the 2010 Census, it had 960 housing units,
and a population of 2142.
Formed from historic Nettle Creek Township and West River Township.
SEE THOSE Township records for details.
Modoc.
Losantville.
Huntsville.
Scott Corner.
Unionport.
Ward Township was established in August 1820. Page 83, Tucker history, 1882.
It is located in the north-central part of Randolph County.
Ward Township is about 36.88 square miles,
According to the 2010 Census, it had 960 housing units,
and a population of 1109.
Berlin. "Perhaps on the Mississinewa River." Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Deerfield. Sections 16 & 17, Town 21, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Randolph. Sections 16, 17, 20 & 21; Town 21, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Saratoga. "On Panhandle Railroad." Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Stone Station. Sections 30 & 31, Town 21, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Ward Township.
1871-1907.
Located at the railroad at Stone Station,
Located on the 1909 Plat Map.
Ward Township.
Mississinewa Post Office: 1833-1837.
Deerfield Post Office: 1837-1915.
Deerfield was platted around 1833 at the crossroads of the Logansport and Greenville Road (IN 28) and the Richmond and Fort Wayne Road (US 27).
Located just south of the Mississinewa River it was originally named Mississinewa post office. Then changed to Deerfield Post Office.
For a short time in fall of 1869 the mail was sent to Randolph #2, but this proved to be an unpopular move and the post office was reopened.
Did you know that the Deerfield Post Office Wall Sorter is at the RCHS Museum? Come in and see this piece from the past.
Ward Township.
1869-1900.
Located just south of Deerfield, IN at the railroad crossing in the town of Randolph, IN,
Located in the 1874 Map.
It was opened after the Deerfield Post Office closed in 1869, and closed permanently in 1900.
Ward Township.
1867 and still active.
Washington Township was established in May 1831. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
It is located in the south-central part of Randolph County.
Washington Township is about 44.43 square miles,
According to the 2010 Census, it had 955 housing units,
and a population of 2172.
Bloomingport. (Bloomingsport). Section 5, 6, 7 & 8, Town 18, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Carlos.
Johnson's Station. Section 11, Town Town 18, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Lynn. Section 34, 35, 19, 2 & 3, Town 18, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Rural. (Wood Station). Section 9 & 16, Town 19, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Snow Hill. "Old". Section 23, Town 19, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Snow Hill Station. Section 16 & 21, Town 19, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Springboro. Section 29, Town 19, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
West Lynn. Section 3, Town 19, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Washington Township.
1876-1905.
West River Township was established May 1831. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Buena Vista. (Cerro Gordo). Section 3, 4, 9, & 10, Town 19, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Huntsville. (Trenton). Sections 27 & 28. Town 19, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Swain's Hill. Section 5, Town 18, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Unionsport. Section 4, 5, 8 & 9, Town 19, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Wayne Township was established in January 1835. Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Located in the east central part of Randolph County.
Wayne Township is about 39.74 square miles.
According to the 2010 Census, it had 2195 housing units,
and a population 4611.
Bartonia. Section 27, Town 17, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Harrisville. Sections 17 & 18, Town 20, Range 15. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Haysville Corner.
Randolph. "Old." Section 27, Town 17, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
South Salem. (Salem). Sections 11 & 12, Town 17, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Union City. Section 24 & 25, Town 18, Range 1. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882
White River Township was established in 1818. Originally, in was the entire northern portion of the county. Page 80, Tucker history, 1882.
Located in the central part of Randolph County.
White River Township is about 74.63 square miles,
According to the 2010 Census, it had 3405 housing units,
and a population of 7513.
Buena Vista. "Cerro Gordo". "Partly in West River". Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Macksville. (Maxville). Section 20, Town 20, Range 12. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Mull, Indiana -also called Lickskillet
New Dayton. Section 2, Town 20, Range 13. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Sampletown. "Sampletown, Section 22, Town 20, Range 13, extinct." Page 93; Source: Tucker, 1882.
A main crossing of White River "not far from Stephen Moorman's in the region where Sampletown used to be." Page 48; Source: Tucker, 1882.
"The frst orchard is thought to have been set out by Henry H. Way , near Sampletown, about 1817 or 1818." Page 58. "The first orchard is thought to have been planted by Henry H. Way, near Sampletown, west of Winchester, perhaps before 1820." Page 237; Source: Tucker, 1882
"Some old settlers say that the new county seat would have been located at Sampletown, four miles west, but that the settlers there were unwilling to 'come down' sufficiently with donations." Page 73; Source: Tucker, 1882
"John Sample was at the same time made supervisor on West Fork of White River from Sampletown to the mouth of Creek." "Page 83; Source: Tucker, 1882
"Noah Johsnon built a grist-mill on Sparrow Creek at the crossing of the Huntsville and Sampletown road, southeast of Macksville, very early, and about the same time as Gillum's mill on Cabin Creek there was also a saw-mill." Page 87; Source: Tucker, 1882
"The old Sampletown Mill between Macksville and Winchester, just east of the 'twenty-five mile boundary,' was built very early." Page 87; Source: Tucker, 1882
"Was on White River, two miles east of Maxville." "Judge Sample entered land there, January 16, 1817 (Sections 3, 20, 13), and laid out Sampletown very early. "His mill and a tanyard were near." "The Sample farm was not far east of the new boundary." "In May 1820, a road was laid from Sample's mill to Hunstville, and another, in 1825, from Sample's Mill to Lewallyn's mill (Ridgeville)." "Sample's mill is thought to have been the first mill on White River." Predecessor town may have been Vernon. Mr. Sample's son "established a tan-yard and laid out a town, and the locality is called Sampletown to this day, yet the real name may have been (and probably was) Vernon. "The place is at the schoolhouse at the "Corners," just south of the iron bridge, near Stephen Moorman's, where the north and south road crosses White River, and five miles west of Winchester, on the line between Sections 21 and 22, 20, 13." Page 407; Source: Tucker, 1882
Unionsport. "Partly in West River." Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Winchester. Section 20, Town 20, Range 14. Page 93, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Now known as area north of Randolph and north of present Fort Wayne.
August 1820, "a township was created, extending northward indefinitely from (probably) the present north line of the county, perhaps to the north end of the State, and named Wayne Township." Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
"This territory (as we think), was wholly outside what is now Randolph County." Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Allen County was formed April 1, 1824.
1834"When laid out" was Randolph County, Indiana. "118 lots; streets 66 feet; alleys 5, 14, 16 feet". North & South streets: Barr, Clinton, Calhoun.East & West streets: Water, Columbia, Main, Berry. "Junction of St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Rivers, head of the Maumee River (now Allen County) , in Section 2, Town 30, Range 12. "Recorded at Winchester, June 9, 1824." Page 92, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Allen County was formed April 1, 1824.
Now known as area within Delaware County, Indiana.
January 1825, "either the whole or east part of Delaware County was made in Liberty Township. The township containing Smithfield is still called Liberty." "Hence 'Mont-see-town' was then (May, 1826) in Liberty Township and in Randolph County as well." Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Delaware County was formed in 1827.
Now known as area within Delaware County, Indiana.
January 1825, "either the whole or east part of Delaware County was made in Liberty Township. The township containing Smithfield is still called Liberty." "Hence 'Mont-see-town' was then (May, 1826) in Liberty Township and in Randolph County as well." Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882.
Delaware County was formed in 1827.
"Salamonie Township (Jay County), was erected by the Randolph County Commissioners September, 1834, embracing all of Jay County (then a part of Randolph)." Page 83, Source: Tucker, 1882. Jay County was formed in 1836.
Greensfork Township.
1848 - 1911
Green Township.
1881 - 1901
Located in Alonzo Brinkley’s store in Shedville, a small unplatted town, five miles north of Farmland.
Greeen Township.
1846 - 1901
Green Township.
1873 - 1901
Franklin Township.
1892-1902
Located on a map in Section 33.
Franklin Township.
1881-1895
Located in Sherman’s Store in New Dayton.
Located on the 1874 Map in Franklin Township.
Greensfork Township.
1882-1918
Established when the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad was built.
Greensfork Township.
1842-1907
Jackson Township
No record of an Allensville post office, However, Heiss/Hamilton shows that there was a post office in 1893.
Jackson Township
1869-1902
Located on the 1874 Atlas.
Jackson Township
September 20, 1856
until April 30, 1857,
Reference the 1857 to 1904 Jay County, Indiana maps.
Jackson Township.
1855-1864
Mentioned in the 1882 County History Book by E. Tucker that it had been closed for 15 to 20 years at that time.
Located in New Lisbon, but could not be named New Lisbon as a post office by that name already existed in Henry County, Indiana.
New Lisbon is noted as a post office village in the 1855 World Gazetter.
William Wickersham was postmaster of Mars Hill. Wickershams are known in the New Lisbon area, but the unidentified post office in 1855 could also be Point Pleasant post office.
Jackson Township
1840-1853
Located in the 1865 Map.
Jackson Township
1852-1853
Jackson Township
1858-1907
Located in Pittsburg, IN.
Located in the 1865 and 1874 Maps.
Jackson Township
1895-1900
Located in Section 18 in Jackson Township.
Located in a grocery store that was near the intersection of 500 East and 700 North.
Samuel C. Rickert was the postmaster.
Monroe Township
1888 - 1900
Reported to be 11 miles north west of Winchester.
Assumed to be the Bragg parcel in Section 29 seen in 1909 Plat Book.
Monroe Township.
1853 and still active.
Monroe Township.
Parker Post Office: 1853-1985.
Morristown Post Office: 1870-1871.
Parker City Post Office 1985 and still active.
Parker City was originally platted as Morristown in 1851, and the new name of Parker was given to the area when the Bellfontaine and Indiana railroad was brought to the town shortly after.
The post office was named Parker in 1853 and shown in the 1865 map as being in Morristown. In 1870, a new post office was opened as Morristown post office, but there was a Morristown post office already in Shelby County, Indiana and the Morristown post office was closed, with Parker remaining as the other post office.
The post office name was then changed to Parker City in 1985.
Nettle Creek Township (now Union Township).
1895-1897
Started just across the county line in Henry County, IN in 1882 by Sylvester Chamness.
In 1889, Thomas Beeson became the postmaster.
In 1895, the post office was to Randolph County, where it was located in a small hotel or station called Chamness Station on the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad.
Nettle Creek Township.
1878-1894.
Seven different postmasters in six years, and at least two different locations.
Heiss/Hamilton described it’s location two miles north east of Old Losantville in 1893.
A map circa 1892 shows the post office in the southwest corner of Section 23 in Nettle Creek township which is two miles south and one mile west of Goodview.
A map in 1886 shows it being located between branches of the Little White River, southwest of Goodview.
In a 1882 map, it is show in the southwest corner of Section 36, a mile west of today’s Modoc, IN.
Two of the postmasters owned land in Section 36.
Nettle Creek Township.
1854 and still active.
Losantville was a small burg just north of present day Losantville and was called Bronson at that time.
Old Losantville was laid out by Lemuel Wiggins and was the first post master, Old Lostantvile on the 1865 and 1874 maps.
Once the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway was built through Bronson area, the settlement known as Losantville drifted south and the town was platted as Bronson at that time,
The post office moved to the new town, but kept it’s name of Losantville.
Nettle Creek Township.
Melacton Post Office: 1878-1880.
Goodview Post Office: 1880-1898.
Goodview post office was located in the town of Pleasantview, which is located on the township lines of Stoney Creek and Nettle Creek.
Original named Melacton, the name was changed when Goodlope Wright became the postmaster.
In 1885 the post office was move one mile south to Barrax’s Crossroads when William N. Day became the postmaster.
Sometime this area is also called Pinch.
Nettle Creek Township.
1883 and still active.
Township not identified.
1890.
Lavaca post office was open in the last half of 1890 for four short months.
Tipton W. White, a Civil War veteran of Maxville was postmaster, so the post office was likely located in Maxville, but no firm evidence exists.
This mail went to Farmland once the post office closed.
Township not identified.
1854-1855.
Point Pleasant post office opened in 1854 and closed in 1855.
Thomas Horn was the only postmaster.
Little is known of this post office, and that includes it’s location.
Wayne Township.
1820-1824.
Fort Wayne post office was created when Randolph County stretched all the way to the Indiana/Michigan state line (1820-1824) and was a part of Wayne Township.
Opened on February 4, 1820.
Benjamin B. Kercheval was the first postmaster.
Salamanie Township.
1835-1838.
Salamanie post office is now located in Jay County, Indiana.
It was created in Randolph County, Indiana before the county line change.
In 1820, this area was a part of Wayne Township of Randolph County.
In 1835 the area was reorganized into Salamanie Township.
The post office was established near College Corners, just south of Portland with Daniel Farber as postmaster.
Stoney Creek Township.
1856-1898.
Located on the 1874 map.