Grantsburg, Indiana

Coordinates: 38°17′29″N 86°28′14″W / 38.29139°N 86.47056°W / 38.29139; -86.47056
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Grantsburg
FIPS code
18-28908[2]
GNIS feature ID2830347[1]

Grantsburg is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana.

History

Grantsburg was laid out in 1854.[3]

The Grantsburg post office (spelled Grantsburgh in early years) was established in 1854.[4] John V. Grant was an early postmaster.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grantsburg, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp. 60.
  4. ^ "Crawford County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  5. . John V. Grant was the third postmaster.