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Anthony
Delaware County, Indiana

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Township   Hamilton
Location
Coordinates:  40°16′40″N
85°26′10″W
 / 40.27778, -85.43611

St Rd 28 & Wheeling Pike (old U.S. 35) - CR 600N, 262W
Other Names
Anthony PO
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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
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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Source Citation

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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

From 1876 - Delaware County Map


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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

 
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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