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Desoto Delaware County, Indiana |
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| Township Delaware |
| Location: CR 350N, 500E; SW corner of TWP |
| Other Names: Woodlawn - De Soto |
| Date Platted:1881 "Platted in 1881 and originally called Woodlawn. Because of confusion with a town of the same name in Allen County, the name was changed to Desoto for the Spanish explorer." [S5] "Because the town of Clifton was by-passed by the railroad, Woodlawn rose in importance." Population was reported to be 13 families in 1883 [S2] |
| WikiPedia Article |
| Post Office Data: Post Office Established: 1 Aug 1881 Post Office Closed: 31 Dec 1962 PO Location: On Main St at Railroad, lot 9, east side of main [S6] |
| Postmasters: Established as "De Soto" 1 Aug 1881 Milton L. Babb -- 1 Aug 1881 Francis W. Confer -- 24 Jan 1883 Winfield S. Statnaker -- 23 Dec 1884 John Marks -- 24 Aug 1885 Barbara Marks -- 30 Oct 1885 Nina A. Marks -- 19 Jan 1889 Thomas M. Goff -- 1 Jul 1889 (2nd Appt) Name changed from De Soto to Desoto -- 6 Feb 1895 Elizasbeth Wilson -- 6 Feb 1895 Walter E. Jones -- 3 May 1909 Samuel L. Myers -- 30 Dec 1912 Jesse H. Michaels -- 2 May 1917 Lawrence E. Howe -- 2 Feb 1918 Louann Cooley -- 18 Jun 1924 Ralph W. Garst -- 1 Jun 1941 Lucy B. Henderson -- 13 Jul 1925 Robert Wilkes -- 13 Feb 1930 Minnie M. Murlam -- 15 Aug 1930 Sudie Parks -- 25 Jul 1934 Closed -- 31 May 1956 Order rescinded -- 3 Jan 1962 Established as a rural station of Muncie -- 31 Dec 1962 |
| Sources: [S2 page 165] - [S3 page 926] - [S4 page 38] - [S5 page 41] - [S6] - [S7, pages 102, 103] - |
| "Small Cemetery near DeSoto is big on History" - (Union Cemetery) - [Muncie Star, 8 Jan 1995, page 4B] |
| "DeSoto Church Celebrating 150th Birthday" (DeSoto United Methodist Churgh) - [Muncie Star, 2 Aug 1987, page 8B] |
| DeSoto Plat Map, 1887 - Ball State University Delaware County Collection, Map 60-20 - Doc2692.pdf |
| DeSoto Train Station, abt 1930 - [Album of Yesteryear - Muncie Star, 14 Sept 1986] - Doc2693.pdf |
| "Desoto Still on the Map, Clifton Gone: From Haimbaugh's History of Delaware County" - [DCHS Newsletter, Oct-Dec 2008, p 7] |
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| S1 | Google Earth | |
| S2 | Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012. | |
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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 |
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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 |
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| S5 | Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567. | |
| S6 | Bracken Library Special Collections. Ball State University. Map #60-20. | |
| S7 | Book: Lasley, Norma and the Delaware County Historical Society (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana). Images of America: Delaware County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2012. Bk3725 | |
| S8 | Newsletter: The Bulletin (Delaware County Historical Society) Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July/ August 2017). "Clifton and Desoto" by Susan M. Smith | |
| S9 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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| S10 | Desoto Directory: (1921-22 Muncie City Directory), Page 886 | |
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