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History · Pigeon

Pigeon’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pigeon Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,799 and it contained 15,434 housing units. At just over 11 square miles and having just under 30,000 people, Pigeon Township is both the smallest and most densely populated township in both Vanderburgh County as well as in Southwestern Indiana as a whole. Downtown Evansville and several historical districts are located entirely within the township as it contains the oldest sections of the city. Pigeon Township was established in 1818.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 29,799 to 27,415 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1941.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pigeon 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.

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Pigeon, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Pigeon is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pigeon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Harding and Miller Music Company (Additional Documentation) in Evansville, 0.1 miles away.

Pigeon and the nearest listed places

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Harding and Miller Music Company (Additional Documentation)American Trust and Savings Bank (Indiana Bank) (Additional Documentation)Evansville Journal News (Additional Documentation)Victory Theater and Hotel Sonntag (Additional Documentation)Gemcraft-Wittmer BuildingConner's Bookstore

Closest to Pigeon

Harding and Miller Music Company (Additional Documentation)Evansville · Building0.1miAmerican Trust and Savings Bank (Indiana Bank) (Additional Documentation)Evansville · Building0.1miEvansville Journal News (Additional Documentation)Evansville · Building0.1miVictory Theater and Hotel Sonntag (Additional Documentation)Evansville · Built 19210.1miGemcraft-Wittmer BuildingEvansville · Building0.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Harding and Miller Music Company (Additional Documentation)’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pigeon?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pigeon’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Evansville📜 Knight📜 Perry📜 Center
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