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Township Hamilton |
Location: | St Rd 28 & Wheeling Pike (old U.S. 35) - CR 600N, 262W
Other Names:
Anthony PO: [S7] - |
Date Platted: |
Maps: 1870: "Anthony" [S8] - 1876: "Anthony P.O." [S7] - |
Probably named for one of the Anthony families who registered land in the county in the 1830s. S11 page 4 - |
Post Office Data Post Office Established: 8 July 1850 Post Office Closed: 14 Oct 1901 |
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Postmasters Othello W. Upp -- 8 Jul 1850 Joseph Berry -- 17 Feb 1852 James C. Merit -- 28 Feb 1856 John Garner --20 Jan 1858 PO Closed -- 2 Jul 1859 Isaac E. Runyan -- 15 May 1862 John Wesley Turner -- 17 Oct 1868 James Mason -- 21 Jan 1870 John W. Lewis -- 21 Mar 1876 Elizabeth C. Ardery -- 8 Sept 1879 |
PO Closed -- 12 Oct 1881 George W. Gibson -- 18 Sep 1883 Frank Cary -- 12 Jan 1885 Lucy C. Petre -- 2 Feb 1886 PO Closed, mail to Muncie -- 6 Sep 1886 Nancy J. Baxla -- 12 Oct 1886 Esker J. Williams -- 18 Feb 1890 PO Closed, mail to Muncie -- 14 Oct 1901 |
Sources: [S2 page 225] - [S3 page 890] - [S4 pages 6 and 24] - [S5] - [S6 page 195] - | |
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S1 | Google Maps: | |||
S2 | United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875. | |||
S3 | Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976. | |||
S4 | An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971. | |||
S5 | Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976. | |||
S6 | Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, 1984. | |||
S7 |
Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin,
Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by
Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey
Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-#
Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg Detail: Anthony PO, Hamilton Township |
Ph9386-015.jpg |
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S8 | Map: Asher, Adams &
Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple
counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and
others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David
Rumsey Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No#
Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg Map Detail: Harrison Township, Delaware County |
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S9 | WikiPedia Article | |||
S10 | "Our Neighborhood", Ruth Hillman, Muncie Star (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), 5 July 1993. Doc2136.pdf | |||
S11 | Indiana Place Names, Ronald L. Baker. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975. | |||
S12 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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