Boggstown, Indiana
Boggstown is an unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]
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Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Shelby |
Township | Sugar Creek |
Elevation | 748 ft (228 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 46110 |
Area code(s) | 317 Exchange: 835 |
FIPS code | 18-6292[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 431294 |
History
Boggstown has not repealed a secession resolution passed in 1861.[4]
The community was platted in 1867, and named for Joseph Boggs, an early settler.[5] The Boggstown post office has been in operation since 1867.[6]
Boggstown once contained a school which was discontinued at an unknown date.[7]
Notable people
Actress Marjorie Main, best known as Ma Kettle, spent her teenage years here growing up on the first road north of town (300 North).
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References
- "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
- "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- "Boggstown, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- Gable, Paul (November 20, 2012). "Want to secede? Go to Boggstown". The Shelbyville News. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 263.
- "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.
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