The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCenter Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,715 and it contained 1,212 housing units. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,757 people in 2010, 2,715 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1952.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Center yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Center’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Center’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Center, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Center is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Center has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Benton County Courthouse in Fowler, 1.6 miles away.
Center and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.