Wooleytown, Indiana
Appearance
Wooleytown is a ghost town in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Current Mayor of Wooleytown is Chadd A. Pattison.
History
[edit]Wooleytown was founded in 1846 by Amos Wooley, and others.[1] The Lake Erie and Western Railroad being built two miles away from the community and the founding of the nearby town of Denver led to Wooleytown becoming a ghost town.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 771.
- ^ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 203.
External links
[edit]- Combination Atlas Map of Miami County Indiana (Map). Kingman Brothers. 1877.
40°54′24″N 86°3′26″W / 40.90667°N 86.05722°W