Kickapoo, Indiana

Kickapoo, Indiana
Ghost town
Kickapoo
Location in Warren County
Coordinates: 40°19′48″N 87°13′59″W / 40.33000°N 87.23306°W / 40.33000; -87.23306Coordinates: 40°19′48″N 87°13′59″W / 40.33000°N 87.23306°W / 40.33000; -87.23306
Country United States
State Indiana
County Warren
Township Warren
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 47918
Area code(s) 765

Kickapoo was a small town (now extinct) in Warren Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Platted by Lewis Davisson on February 2, 1885, the town was served by the newly-constructed Chicago and Great Southern Railway. The town never grew substantially and is described in a 1913 history as having "a small population".[1]

Geography

Kickapoo was located at or near 40°19′48″N 87°13′59″W / 40.33000°N 87.23306°W / 40.33000; -87.23306 in section 29, township 22, range 7 west, along what is now Kickapoo Road (County Road 425 E). Kickapoo Creek flows past the site and meets the Wabash River about a mile to the south.

References

  1. ↑ Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 310, 326.
Kickapoo's 1885 plat
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