Monroe County Indiana

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VILLAGE PLATS OF MONROE COUNTY.

(and at least one Lawrence County town as well)

Bloomington - June 22, 1818. By Benjamin Parks, agent for the county. The public square was described as being two hundred and seventy-six feet each way. The associate judges who acknowledged the survey were Hons. Lewis Noel and Jonathan Nichols.

Chanlersville was platted February 25, 1893, by J. H. Louden, William P. Rogers and H. Henley, on the north part of the east half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 29. Township 9, range 1 west.

Chapel Hill was platted October 11, 1856, on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31. Township 7. Range 1 east, by David Miller and John Smith.

Ellettsville (or Richland).—on the northeast quarter of section 7, township 7. Range 2 west. February 13, 1837. By Reuben Tompkins.

Fairfax—on the east half of the southeast quarter of section 26, township 7, range 1. By Z. Long and his wife. Mahala Long.

Friendship was platted October 19. 1857. by James Fleener. of section 21, township 8. Range 1 east.

Fleenersburg (Unionville now) was platted on the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 9. Township 9. Range 1 east. June 5. 1847, by Nicholas Fleener.

Harrodsburg (originally known as Newgene) was platted on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 29. Township 7, range 1 west, December 16, 1836, by Alexander Buchannon. It was re-platted May 22 and 23. 1866.

Hindustan / Hindostan was platted August 18, 1853, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 14, township 10, range 1 west, by Charles G. Carr.

Hinsonburg, situated on the northeast quarter of section 31, township 9, range 1 west, by James and Caroline Hinson, Riley Sanders and William E. Buzzard, September 24, 1892.

Limestone (now Sanders) was platted in Perry Township, by Newell and Carinne Sanders, July 14, 1892, on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 8, range 1 west.

Mt. Tabor was platted April 21, 1828.

Oolitic was platted by the Oolitic Stone Company, on the east half of the southeast quarter of section 33, and the west half of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 8, range 1 west.

Palestine was platted February 17, 1845, by Thomas Shipman, in township 7 north, of range 2, and is now defunct.

Rock Castle, in the west half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 29, township 9, range 1 west, by Gilbert Perry, Henry Perry, Fred Mathews, \V. H. Wicks and others, July 20, 1872.

Smithville was platted November 26, 1851, on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, township 7, range 1 west, by Mansfield Bennett and George Smith.

Stanford was platted July 29, 1838, by H. A. Tarkington.

Stinesville, platted April 5, 1855, on the southeast quarter of section 17, township 10, range 2 west, by Ensebieus Stine.

Unionville, same as old Fleenersburg.

Wayport, platted April 12, 1851, on sections 28 and 33, all in township 10, range 1 west, by Isaac Gillaspy, George Smith and wives.

 

 

History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties Indiana, B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., 1914 - Pages 435 & 436