Curtisville, Indiana

Curtisville is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

Curtisville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Curtisville
Curtisville
Coordinates: 40°19′06″N 85°53′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyTipton
TownshipMadison
Elevation876 ft (267 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46036
FIPS code18-16462[2]
GNIS feature ID433262

The community is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

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.[4]

In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster.[4] The post office ran until it was discontinued in 1951.[5] A Missionary Baptists congregation was founded in Curtisville in 1860. A church was built in 1861.[6] 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.[4]

Geography

Curtisville is located at 40°19′06″N 85°53′55″W.

Footnotes
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Curtisville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  4. Pershing, p. 81
  5. "Tipton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  6. Pershing, p. 207

Sources
  • Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).



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