Macedonia

Township: Monroe

Location:
Coordinates:

CR 200E, 700S (200E is present-day Macedonia Pike) [S7] [S4, p 9]

"a small village in the southeast part of the township [Monroe]. William Suit is the proprietor of the store at this point [also was 1st PM], and Mr. Gross is the village blacksmith." [S8, p 265]

Other Names:

Date Platted:

Post Office Data:

Post Office Established: 12 Nov 1878
Post Office Closed: 29 Oct 1890
PO location:
(1887) Just south of the intersection of present-day CR 700S, 200E on the east side of 200E "store & PO" [S4, p 9]

Post office discontinued Nov 1890. "No one would perform the duties of the office. Afterward the people of this vicinity got their mail at Luray and Macedonia practically ceased to exist. [S1, p 101]

Post office located at store in S.E. corner of sec 14 of Monroe twp [S1, p 101]

Postmasters:

William J. Suits -- 12 Nov 1878
George W. Bants -- 3 Nov 1881
James Moody -- 13 Sep 1882
Canty Benbow -- 7 Apr 1884
James Comer -- 28 Apr 1884
Mail To Luray -- 18 Nov 1884
Canty Benbow -- 20 Jan 1885 (2nd Appt)
Clark Nelson -- 14 Dec 1888
Jonas Gibson -- 17 Oct 1889
Canty Benbow -- 19 Aug 1890
PO closed, mail to Luray 29 Oct 1890

Postmaster Data:

School:
- Macedonia School - S9 page 108,
- "Ah, Those School Days - Times Have Certainly Changed" by Ruth Hillman, [The Muncie Star, 7 Sept 1986, page 4B]
- Photo of Delaware County District 7 School at Macedonia, 1909 - Mentions of other Delaware County Schools and teachers - Doc2715.pdf

Maps:
- Post Office Location Map, 1887 (My Transcription) - [S4] - Doc2716.pdf

Sources: - [S2, p 973] - [S3, p 91] - [S4, p 9, 23] - [S5, p 34] [S6, 7 Sept 1986, p 4B]

"For a number of years a post office called Macedonia was kept at a store in the southeast corner of section 14, but in November, 1890, it was discontinued because no one would perform the duties of the office. Afterward the people of this vicinity got their mail at Luray, and Macedonia practically ceased to exist." [S1, p 101]

"Macedonia Cemetery Rededication, September 15, 2007" [DCHS Newsletter, July-Sept 2007, Vol22, No 3, page 1]

"Fairview Friends Cemetery" by Richard & Judi Ross - Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, page 14 - Doc2907.pdf

Sources
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S1	Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.
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	An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971, Bk1849.
S5	United States Official Postal Guide. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, October, 1885, Bk1547.
S6	The Muncie Star. Muncie, Indiana.
S7	Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965.
S8	Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976, Bk1595.
S9	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
S10	Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/
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