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Township:  Mount Pleasant
Location: 

Coordinates:  40°10′31″N   85°28′55″W   [S1] -

St Rd 32 west of Muncie

 
Other Names: 
Date Platted:  1836

Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S17 p 21] -
- North-South Streets:  West, Plum, Vine, Market, Walnut, Broadway, Elm
- East-West Streets: Canal, Smith, High, Arch, Depot
- White River Shown
Maps:
1870:  "Yorktown"  [S16] -
1874:  "Yorktown"  - Town Plat Map - Business Directory  [S17 p 21] -
1876:  "Yorktown"  [S15] -
Post Office Data:

Post Office Established: 2 Sep 1836
Post Office Closed:
Post Office Names: Yorktown
Zip Code: 47396
PO Location:
1887: Northeast corner of Smith & Walnut Streets [S8, p 3, 12, 20, 23] -

-  Post office in existence before Oliver Smith platted the town. Located 1/2 miles west -- was soon moved to Yorktown [S3, p 97]
-  Postmark Description Only [S4, p 525]
Postmasters:

William Jones -- 22 Sep 1836
Horatio Stack -- 2 Sep 1837
John Longley -- 16 May 1838
Joseph Bowman -- 11 Jun 1841
John C. Helm -- 14 Feb 1844
William Crim -- 23 May 1848
Milton D. Frazer -- 5 Sep 1848
Mathew H. Bunnan -- 12 Sep 1849
William S. Horne -- 8 Aug 1853
John Jones -- 21 Jul 1864
William Brundage -- 21 Sep 1864   (See # 2 below)
John Horne -- 2 Apr 1866
John T. Shimer -- 31 Jan 1876
William S. Brundage -- 15 Nov 1880 (2nd Appt)
David Shields -- 31 Mar 1882
George W. Spann -- 19 Dec 1884
Lewis D. Overmire -- 7 Sep 1885
Jacob W. Crawford -- 21 Sep 1889
John Humphries -- 2 Sep 1892
Frank Crawford -- 30 Sep 1897
Monty Z. Rudy -- 22 Dec 1909   (See #1 below)
Charles A. Burgess -- 20 Oct 1921
Howard E. Stewart -- 1 Jan 1928
Mark Broodwater -- 30 Aug 1928
Oscar M. Shively -- 29 Jul 1933
Clarence E. Jones -- 12 May 1943
Pauline Johnson -- 31 Aug 1953
Wilfred E. Shoemaker 4 Jun 1956  - Obit:  (Died 30 Jan 1994) [S14, 1 Feb 1994, p 1D] - Doc2763.pdf
Charlene Smith 23 Nov 1973
Ruhlin G. Pauff -- 16 Mar 1974
 
Postmaster Data: 

1.  "Monte Z. Rudy, Yorktown postmaster more than 70 years ago, was also a breeder of Belgian and Percheron horses, huge animals that were popular for farm work in the era before tractors were available and actually for many years afterward...Rudy's full name was Montezuma Rudy...He taught in the public schools and was a farmer."
[S13, 28 Jan 1990, p 5D] - Doc2762.pdf

2.  W.S. Brundage also owned dry goods and grocery store (W. S. Brundage & Son) [S12, p 270]

 
Schools:
Yorktown Schools - S18 page 89,
Railroads:

-  Interurban Photos:  S21, page 148, 149 -
 
Sources:   [S4, p 406, 743-756, 856] - [S5, p 1053] - [S6. p 175] - [S7] - [S8, p 12, 20, 23] - [S9, p 230] - - [S11] - [S12, p 270] - [S18 pages 81-92] -
 
 
"...named for the York Tribe of the Delaware Indians." [S10, p 184]
Oliver H. Smith purchased land from Samuel Casman and platted Yorktown. A canal was to pass through this area. One reason for its beginning. [S3, p 97]
"First large concrete bridge in the county built over Buck Creek at Yorktown, replacing iron bridge carried away by spring flood - Aug 1904." [S3, p 201]
"Indian Folklore Colorful Part of Yorktown's Past" - Sesquicentennial Report - Photo of Yorktown downtown, 1920s - [The Muncie Star, 21 June 1987, page 8B]
-  A large part of the article deals with the development and demise of West Muncie - Doc2766.pdf
Byerly's Drug Store, circa 1920s - [Album of Yesteryear, The Muncie Star, 21 June 1987, p 7B] - Doc2764.pdf
Mt. Pleasant Township (Yorktown) Delinquent Taxpayers, 1847 - [Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, p 15, 16] - Doc2765.pdf
 
 

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S1 Google Maps  
S2 WikiPedia Article  
S3 Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984.  Bk3012  
S4 Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, 2 Volumes. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976.  Bk3010.
   Repositories:  Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library		  
S5    
S6 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		  
S7 Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965.  
S8 An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971,  Bk1849.  
S9 United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875, Bk1548.  
S10 Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567.  
S11    
S12 Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976, Bk1595.  
S13 "Album of Yesteryear". Muncie, Indiana: The Muncie Star.  
S14 The Muncie Star. Muncie, Indiana.  
S15 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: Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant Township

 

From 1876 - Delaware County Map


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S16 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:  Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County

  
S17 Book:  Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642  
S18 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  
S19 Written and Pictorial History of the Community of Yorktown - Yorktown High School Journalism Class, 1987  
S20 "Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847"  Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes.  Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf  
S21 Bradley, George K. Indiana Railroad: The Magic Interurban. Chicago: Central Electric Railfan's Association, 2001. Bk2897  
S22 Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ 		 
S23 Yorktown Directory:  (1921-22 Muncie City Directory), Page 924  
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