Strawtown, Indiana
Strawtown, Indiana | ||
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FIPS code 18-73682[2] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 444266[1] |
Strawtown is an unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
History
Strawtown was once an Indian village, but was laid out by white settlers in 1819 to serve travelers. Situated on the Conner Trail which connected the cities of
The area was possibly named after a native Delaware chief named Straw or Strawbridge.
In 1821, a minimum purchase of 80 acres (320,000 m2) per speculator was offered at a price of $1.25 per acre. The following year, five Strawtown settlers went to the Brookville land office and purchased tracts at that price. By 1836, roughly 30 families had purchased land in this area.[5]
A post office was opened in 1834 and closed in 1902.[6] It was originally established upstream in Stevensburg on October 13, 1829, as one of the earliest posts in the territory.[7]
William Foster’s saw mill was established two miles (3 km) downstream in what is now Clare. Lumber was bound and floated like a raft down towards Noblesville and Indianapolis.[8]
Doctor Amos Palmer organized and taught the first school in Strawtown during the winter of 1822-23. The county was separated into two equal townships in 1823, White River to the north and Delaware to the south. Rapid growth, spurred partly by the state’s plans to run the Central Canal [1] through Strawtown, caused the creation of seven additional townships. The canal in that area never materialized and growth stagnated, thanks in part to the location of the nearest railway four miles to the west.[9]
Archaeology
Strawtown is the site of a current archaeological dig, funded through
Geography
Strawtown is located east of Cicero and northeast of Noblesville at the intersection of State Road 37 and Strawtown Avenue. It is bounded to the north and west by the White River.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Strawtown, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5736)
- ^ (Early History of Strawtown: 1787-1861 by Cloe Morris, 1988, p. 3)
- ^ (Early History of Strawtown: 1787-1861 by Cloe Morris, 1988, p. 10)
- ^ "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ (Sons of the Wilderness: John and William Conner by Charles N. Thompson, 1937, p. 202)
- ^ (Early History of Strawtown: 1787-1861 by Cloe Morris, 1988, p. 16)
- ^ (Early History of Strawtown: 1787-1861 by Cloe Morris, 1988, pp. 22-35)
- ^ Strawtown Koteewi Park
- ^ ("IPFW Archaeological Survey Homepage". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.)