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| Elizabethtown, Delaware County | |
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 Location of Washington Township in Delaware County | |
| Coordinates: 40°22′29″N 85°27′40″W / 40.37472°N 85.46111°W / 40.37472; -85.46111 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Delaware |
Elizabethtown was a small, now extinct town in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The town was platted in the early 19th century and was located along the north bank of the Mississinewa river in section 12, of Washington Township, in Delaware County, Indiana.
History
The town was platted in the early 1800s by Joseph Wilson and named in honor of his daughter, Elizabeth Wilson. The town's central economic activity was centered on a flour mill and a saw mill. The town's inhabitants had hoped for the village to become the county seat of either Blackford or Delaware County. Blackford County chose Hartford City and Delaware county chose Muncie. The town slowly declined in the middle of the 19th century and ceased to exist at the beginning of the 20th. The only existing remnant of the town is the adjacent Elizabethtown Cemetery.
Geography
Elizabethtown was located at 40°22'29.12" North, -85°27'40.34" West (40.374091,-85.461258). Currently a farm field, the town was located just north of the bend in the Mississinewa River.
References
- Kemper 1908, p. 100.
- Kemper 1908, p. 712.
- Haimbaugh 1924, p. 114
- Ellis 1890, p. 184.
- Elizabethtown Cemetery
- Kemper, G.W.H., ed. (1908). Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, Volume 1. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 100.
- Kemper, G.W.H., ed. (1908). Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, Volume 2. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 712.
- Haimbaugh, Frank, ed. (1924). The History of Delaware County, Volume 1. Indianapolis: The Historical Publishing Company. p. 114.
- Ellis, John, ed. (1890). Our County: Its History and Early Settlement by Townships. Evansville: Whipporwill Publications. p. 184.
External links
Media related to Elizabethtown, Delaware County, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons
| Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Indiana, United States | ||
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| County seat: Muncie | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |