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| Township: Perry |
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Location: Coordinates: CR 500S, 343E, 1/2 mile east of U.S. 35 "Platted in 1901 and originally called Phillips, for the founder Clarissa Phillips. The present name might be for the town in Maine. [S5, p 101] There was a telegraph office on the C&O RR line that passed through the town to the west. This office operated 24 hrs per day, 7 days a week relaying dispatchers' orders to the crews. This office was closed in the early 1950's. [S4, 7 Apr 1985] |
| Other Names: Etna PO, Phillips PO |
| Date Platted: 1901 |
| Post Office Data: Post Office Established: 18 Nov 1902 Post Office Closed: 26 Mar 1903 Post Office Names: Etna, Phillips |
| Postmasters: Established as Etna -- 18 Nov 1902 Miles H. Jackson -- 18 Nov 1902 PO name changed to Phillips -- 26 Mar 1903 Miles H. Jackson -- 26 Mar 1903 Charles H. Stafford -- 24 Aug 1903 Closed, mail to Muncie -- 31 Oct 1908 |
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| Maps: 1901: [S6, Plat Bk 3 #64] |
| Sources: [S2, p 933, 1006] [S3, p 47, 123] |
| "With the building of the railroad through Perry township, New Burlington lost most of its prestige. About two miles west was located a little station known as Medford, the post office being called Phillips." [S1, p 101] |
| Medford Train Station - Photo, Caption - [(Photo by Richard Greene) - Album of Yesteryear, Muncie Star, 7 Apr 1985] - Doc2718.pdf |
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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 |
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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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| S4 | "Album of Yesteryear". Muncie, Indiana: The Muncie Star. | |
| 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. | |
| S7 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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