Winthrop, Indiana | |
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| Coordinates: 40°22′12″N87°14′02″W / 40.37000°N 87.23389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Warren |
| Township | Warren |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Founded by | Jacob M. Rhode |
| Elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47993 |
| Area code | 765 |
| GNIS feature ID | 446200 [1] |
Winthrop is a small unincorporated community in Warren Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Winthrop was platted on March 3, 1884 by farmer Jacob Morgan Rhode (d. February 8, 1919); [2] the name probably comes from a personal name. [3] A north/south line of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad known as the "Coal Road" served the town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Operated after 1922 as the Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad, it deteriorated in the 1930s and was scrapped around 1945. [4] Few traces of the route remain.
Winthrop is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Indiana State Road 55 and about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of the county seat of Williamsport, at an elevation of approximately 680 feet. The West Fork of Kickapoo Creek flows to the west and south of town.
Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies in the western part of the state between the Illinois state line and the Wabash River. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,440. Its county seat is Williamsport.
Vermillion County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana between the Illinois border and the Wabash River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,439. The county seat is Newport. It was officially established in 1824 and was the fiftieth Indiana county created. Vermillion County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county contains seven incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,900. as well as several unincorporated communities; it is also divided into five townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. routes, and five state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line.
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The Monon Railroad, also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971, and much of the former Monon right of way is owned today by CSX Transportation. In 1970, it operated 540 miles (870 km) of road on 792 miles (1,275 km) of track; that year it reported 1320 million ton-miles of revenue freight and zero passenger-miles.
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Hedrick is a small unincorporated community in Jordan Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Johnsonville is a small unincorporated community in Steuben Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Judyville is a small unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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The Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad was a railroad company that served various communities along the eastern border of the U.S. state of Illinois in the 1870s. The original plan called for a line to connect Chicago with Lawrence County, Illinois via Danville and Paris; it ran from Chicago to Danville before it was consolidated into the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in 1877.
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The Indiana Division or Coal Branch of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad carried coal from mines south of Covington, Indiana in the 1870s.
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Lee is an unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |