Rigdon, Indiana

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Rigdon, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Rigdon
Coordinates: 40°22′44″N85°47′11″W / 40.37889°N 85.78639°W / 40.37889; -85.78639
Country United States
State Indiana
Counties Grant, Madison
Townships Green, Liberty, Duck Creek, Boone
Elevation
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896 ft (273 m)
ZIP code
46036
FIPS code 18-64476 [2]
GNIS feature ID442008 [1]

Rigdon is an unincorporated community in Grant and Madison counties, Indiana, United States.

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History

Rigdon was named for Dr. Pryor Rigdon, a local resident. [3] The community had a post office between 1855 and 1912. [4]

Geography

Rigdon is located on the Grant and Madison County line. It sits at the quadripoint of four townships: Green and Liberty townships in Grant County, comprising the northern half of the community, and Duck Creek and Boone townships in Madison County, covering the southern half of the community.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rigdon, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Forkner, John La Rue (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 349.
  4. ↑ "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review , Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page.


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