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Geetingsville, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°24′59″N 86°28′07″W / 40.41639°N 86.46861°W / 40.41639; -86.46861
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Geetingsville
Geetingsville is located in Clinton County, Indiana
Geetingsville
Geetingsville
Coordinates: 40°24′59″N 86°28′07″W / 40.41639°N 86.46861°W / 40.41639; -86.46861
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClinton
TownshipOwen
Elevation827 ft (252 m)
ZIP code
46041
FIPS code18-27180[2]
GNIS feature ID435475[1]

Geetingsville is an unincorporated community on the border of Owen and Warren townships in Clinton County, Indiana.

History

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Never officially platted, the village of Geetingsville was a small social and business center with a general store, a blacksmith shop and a physician (Dr. M. V. Young). In the 1880s the Presbyterians erected a brick church in Geetingsville.[3]

Geetingsville had a post office between 1856 and 1905.[4] Henry W. Geeting served as postmaster.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Geetingsville, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Warren Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
  4. ^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  5. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Henry W. Geeting was the first postmaster.