The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units. The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population. According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German). Eden Township was organized in 1832.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,231 to 4,894 (+16%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eden 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 Eden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eden’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Eden, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Eden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jacob Straus House in Ligonier, 6.7 miles away.
Eden 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.