Barce, Indiana

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Barce, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Benton County's location in Indiana
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Barce
Location in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°37′15″N87°16′36″W / 40.62083°N 87.27667°W / 40.62083; -87.27667 Coordinates: 40°37′15″N87°16′36″W / 40.62083°N 87.27667°W / 40.62083; -87.27667
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
Township Center
Elevation
[1]
810 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47944
Area code 765
FIPS code 18-03385 [2]
GNIS feature ID 430485

Barce is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3] [4]

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History

Benton County Railroad Map, circa 1896, showing the locations of Fowler and East Fowler Benton County Railroad Map, circa 1896.png
Benton County Railroad Map, circa 1896, showing the locations of Fowler and East Fowler

The area was originally known as East Fowler, a railroad station on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Coal Railroad (C.&E.I. Coal). By 1888, East Fowler was considered a town when it was listed among other Benton County communities. [5] The T.A. Baldwin Company operated a grain elevator in East Fowler starting in March 1890. [6]

The name of the station was changed to Barce in January 1898. [7] Barce was platted in section 12 of Center Township. [8]

A post office was established at Barce in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [9] The community was named in honor of Lyman Barce. [10]

In 1904, representatives from the "Frisco" Railway met with locals in Benton County regarding a proposed rail line running through both Fowler and Barce. [11]

Circa 1914, daily bus service had been established between the Fowler Hotel in Fowler and the Barce railroad station. [12]

The Stewart Cash Store operated in locations in Fowler and Barce. [13] Charles Stewart ran the store in Barce for 20 years, from 1899 to 1919. The Barce shop was relocated to nearby Fowler in 1919, leaving Barce without a store. [14]

Barce
historical population
YearPop.±%
1900 25—    
1920 21−16.0%

The farmers and grain elevator operators in the Barce area experienced hardship in 1922 when the C. and E. I. Coal Railroad between Barce and Brook halted operations for five months. The area's residents were "facing a loss of thousands of dollars and in many cases financial ruin". Eventually, the Pennsylvania Railroad began services on the line, allowing grain to be shipped again, and averting disaster. [15]

The railroad station built by the Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad was later used as business premises. [16]

In 1900, Barce's population was 25. [17] In 1908, the Indiana Department of Inspection estimated the population of Barce to be 100. [18] In the 1920 Census, Barce's population was 21. [19]

Geography

Barce is located at 40°37′15″N87°16′36″W / 40.62083°N 87.27667°W / 40.62083; -87.27667 , in sections 12 and 13 of Center Township. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Barce, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Indiana Roadway Map". Indiana Department of Transportation. 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ VanNatta, Maggie (1888). History of Benton County, Indiana.
  6. ↑ Stembel, Ruth Baldwin (1965). Thomas and Eva Baldwin: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants. Ruth Baldwin Stembel. In a Benton County paper of March 27, 1890, is the following item: Thomas A. Baldwin, Cephas Atkinson , and William E. White have purchased grain elevators on the Indiana Coal Road at Oxford, Swanington, East Fowler, and Mt. Ayre, and will operate them under the name of T. A. Baldwin and Company.
  7. ↑ The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition. National Railway Publication Company. January 1898. p. 33.
  8. 1 2 Plat book of Benton County, Indiana. W.W. Hixson & Co. 1925.
  9. ↑ "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  60. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...and named for Lyman Barce.
  11. ↑ "A New Railroad Through Fowler". Goodland Herald. 1904-06-25. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  12. ↑ "Local R.R. Time Card". Fowler Benton Review. 1914-06-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  13. ↑ "Untitled". Fowler Benton Review. 1914-09-24. p. 31. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  14. ↑ "Local News Items". Fowler Benton Review. 1919-01-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  15. ↑ "First Train in Five Months on Abandoned Road: Pennsylvania Takes Over Sector Between Brook and Barce: First Train Monday". Fowler Benton Review. 1922-05-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  16. ↑ "Surviving Indiana Railroad Stations" (PDF). American Rails. Retrieved September 30, 2022. The passenger depot originally built by the Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
  17. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 134.
  18. ↑ Twelfth Annual Report, State of Indiana Department of Inspection, p. 35 (1908) ("BARCE, BENTON COUNTY. Population: Census, ____; Estimated, 100")
  19. ↑ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 185.


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