Yockey, Indiana

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Yockey, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Yockey
Coordinates: 38°47′17″N86°29′35″W / 38.78806°N 86.49306°W / 38.78806; -86.49306
Country United States
State Indiana
County Lawrence
Township Marion
Elevation
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610 ft (190 m)
ZIP code
47446
FIPS code 18-85904 [2]
GNIS feature ID446395 [1]

Yockey, or Redcross or Juliet is a former unincorporated community in Marion Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.

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Geography

Yockey was south of Bedford and north of Mitchell, on the Dixie Highway. [3]

History

Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1919, showing Yockey/Redcross Lawrence County, Indiana, 1919.png
Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1919, showing Yockey/Redcross

Yockey has also been called Redcross [4] and Juliet. [5]

The community of Juliet was platted in 1850, in Section 11 of the township. The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway was built through the area at that time, and due to Juliet being the terminus of the line for several months, the community "became quite a commercial point; goods were wagoned from there to Bedford, Bloomington, Greencastle and all towns on that line; stage lines were established away up in the direction of Chicago; but the completion of the railroad north ruined the town's prosperity, and it soon fell into decay" for a number of years. [5] The etymology of the name "Juliet" is unknown; [6] the post office operated from 1852 to 1869. [7]

The name became Yockey when the postal name changed on January 10, 1880. [8] The name Yockey honored Charles Yockey, editor of several county newspapers. [9] Yockey's population was 50 in 1890, [10] and was 57 in 1900. [4]

Under the name Redcross the post office operated from 1893 to 1913. [11] During this era, Redcross was the site of several lime kiln operations, which employed around 40 men in the area. [12] The railroad station in the community closed circa the 1930s, according to a 1935 newspaper article in the Mitchell Tribune. [13]

A central passage house was all that was left of the community by 1992. [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yockey, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Standard Map Series of Indiana" (PDF). Standard Map Company. 1919. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled. J. R. Gray & Company. 1900. p. 138.
  5. 1 2 History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Goodspeed Brothers and Company. 1884. p. 175.
  6. ↑ Gratzer, Florence Elise (1957). "A study of place names in Lawrence County, Indiana". Indiana State University. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original on May 25, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices: Indiana - Lawrence County". PostalHistory.org. Archived from the original on August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ Guthrie, James Mitchell (1958). Thirty Three Years in the History of Lawrence County, Indiana, 1884-1917. p. 28.
  9. ↑ Buher, Becky (2018). Railroads Big Part of Marion Township History. LawrenceCountyHistory.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018.
  10. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1891). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 366.
  11. ↑ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices: Indiana - Lawrence County". PostaHistory.org. Archived from the original on August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Redcross". Bedford Democrat. Bedford, IN. April 27, 1897. p. 2. The limekilns are furnishing work to many of our men. In all about 40 men are employed.
  13. ↑ "Ghost Towns of Lawrence County". GeneologyTrails.com. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Lawrence County: Interim Report". Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. 1992. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
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