Crossroads

Township Salem

Location: [S4] - [S5 page 17] - [S9] - [S13, p 36] -
- CR 700S, 600W [S1] - [S7] -

Other Names:
Crossroads PO:
Cross Roads: [S5 page 23] - [S7] -

Date Platted:

Post Office Data: [S2 page 921] - [S3 page 34] -

Post Office Established: 16 Jun 1879 [S2, p 921] -
Post Office Closed: 14 Oct 1901 [S2, p 921] -

PO Location:
1887: NE corner of Modern day CR 700S, 600W [S5, page 17] - [S9] -

- Postmark, Description Only [S2, p 431]

Postmasters: [S2 page 921] - [S3 page 34] -

Solomon F. Brattain -- 16 Jun 1879
M.L. Cromer --5 Dec 1879
William Bolfe -- 28 Jun 1880
Joseph O. Lambert -- 26 Jun 1882
Walter G. Shirey -- 8 Mar 1883
William A. Bowman -- 18 Feb 1884
Peter F. Man -- 13 Aug 1884
Spelling change from Cross Roads to Crossroads -- 4 Oct 1895 [S2, p 921] -
Closed, mail to Muncie -- 14 Oct 1901 [S2, p 921] -

Schools:
Crossroads School: School #10 [S9] - [S14, page 30 at top] -
- Willard VanMatre - first driver of school bus in Salem Township - transported pupils from Mt. Healthy (??) to Cross Roads. He received $1.22 per day. [S11]

- Consolidation: "The Cross Roads school (No. 10) was already graded, having been made so in 1981, had two teachers and a two-room building. IN 1900 the seven pupls in district No. 11 were hauled to Cross Roads and distributed among the grades, the most distant pupil living not more than five miles. This accession to Cross Roads did not necessitate another teacher nor did it increase to an appreciable extent the burden of instruction or extension of facilities in the school; yet the advantages accruing to the No. 10 pupils from the consolidation were all that the advocates of the new system had claimed." [S11, p 251, 252]

Churches:

Cross Roads Evangelical Lutheran Church: - [S12, p 478]

"The 'Cross Roads' had, by that time, [1838] become a locality of some note, and had been made the voting precinct of the township." [S6 page 285] -

"In later years, planners wanted to locate a Tri City airport at the site but the idea never went past the planning stage." [S7]

"About the year 1838, however, William and Erasmus Moffett opened a stock of goods at the same corner. The 'Cross Roads' had, by that time, become a locality of some note, and had been made the voting precinct of the township. The Moffet store was supplied with a much better tock, adn was more extensively patronized than its predecessor. They continued the business here for several ears, and finally closed out the stock." [S6, p 285]

First Lutheran Church at Crossroads -
[Our Neighborhood, by Larry Shores - Muncie Star 12 Nov 1993] - Doc2675.pdf

"Crossroads, near the south line of the township, had some commercial distinction in early years, a store having been opened there about 1832, though it failed of success, and in 1838 the Moffett brothers opened another." [S15, p 102]

Crossroad Log Cabin -

- Michael D. Alerted me to this wonderful find -
- Location:
- Crossroads, Delaware County, Indaina
- CR 600W on west side just north of Crossroads
- Approx Coordinates: 40.091875, -85.499922 [Google Maps]
- Images:
   - Ph10735-001 to 015.jpg/png
   - Ph10737-001-013.jpg/png
Document:
   - My Photos/Photos-24/CrossroadsLogHouseAug2015/CrossroadsLogHouse-Info-Aug2015.txt
   - "Crossroads Cabin" - The Middletown News, 3 Sept 2015, page A3 - Doc3140.pdf

Some Crossroads History, with photos of the Crossroads School - "The Bulletin" (Delaware County Historical Society), Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept/Oct 2018

Sources
	Source Citation	Image (Click for larger View) (To Magnify larger image - use CTRL + )
S1	Google Maps:
S2	Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010. Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library
S3	Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010. Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library
S4	Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965
S5	An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971, Bk1849.
S6	Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976, Bk1595.
S7	Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000.	Doc2847.pdf
S8	WikiPedia Article
S9	Google Custom Map "Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana"	Link
S10	Indiana Magazine of History, Dec 1996, Vol. XCII, No. 4, page 346
S11	Newspaper Article: "Album of Yesteryear" Muncie Star, Muncie, Delawae County, Indiana, 7 June 1981.
S12	Book: Kemper, G W H. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908. Bk3012.	Vol. 1 Vol. 2
S13	Book: Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567.
S14	Book: Lasley, Norma and the Delaware County Historical Society (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana). Images of America: Delaware County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2012, page 30 at top. Bk3725
S15	Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.
S16	Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/
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