Curtisville, Indiana
Curtisville, Indiana | |
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  Curtisville  Curtisville | |
| Coordinates: 40°19′06″N 85°53′55″W / 40.31833°N 85.89861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Tipton |
| Township | Madison |
| Elevation | 876 ft (267 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 46036 |
| FIPS code | 18-16462[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 433262[1] |
Curtisville is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
The community is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
[edit]Curtisville was founded by L.B. Colvin just prior to 1859. Colvin built a sawmill on the railroad that traveled through Madison Township and sold as much lumber as possible so he could secure a train station. Around the same time the first retail operations were opened in Curtisville, in a building on the east side of town that was built by A.B. Newman. Lumber remained the primarily economy for the town. Other services in Curtisville included blacksmithing.[3]
In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster.[3] The post office ran until it was discontinued in 1951.[4] A Missionary Baptists congregation was founded in Curtisville in 1860. A church was built in 1861.[5] The land was surveyed and divided into a plat in 1873. As of 1914, 200 people lived in town and the primary economic driver was the Curtisville Tile and Brick Company.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curtisville, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b c Pershing, p. 81
- ^ "Tipton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ Pershing, p. 207
Sources
[edit]- Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).
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