Curtisville, Indiana

Curtisville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°19′06″N85°53′55″W / 40.31833°N 85.89861°W / 40.31833; -85.89861
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tipton
Township	Madison
Platted	1873
Founded by	L.B. Colvin
Elevation [1]	267 m (876 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46036
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-16462 [2]
GNIS feature ID	433262 [1]

Curtisville is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. ^[1]

The community is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Curtisville was founded by L.B. Colvin just prior to 1859. Colvin built a sawmill on the railroad that traveled through Madison Township and sold as much lumber as possible so he could secure a train station. Around the same time the first retail operations were opened in Curtisville, in a building on the east side of town that was built by A.B. Newman. Lumber remained the primarily economy for the town. Other services in Curtisville included blacksmithing. ^[3]

In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster. ^[3] The post office ran until it was discontinued in 1951. ^[4] A Missionary Baptists congregation was founded in Curtisville in 1860. A church was built in 1861. ^[5] The land was surveyed and divided into a plat in 1873. As of 1914, 200 people lived in town and the primary economic driver was the Curtisville Tile and Brick Company. ^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curtisville, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Pershing, p. 81
4. "Tipton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
5. Pershing, p. 207

Sources

• Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).