Wooleytown, Indiana
Wooleytown is a ghost town in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Wooleytown was founded in 1846 by Amos Wooley, and others.[1] The Lake Erie and Western Railroad being built two miles away from the community and the founding of the nearby town of Denver led to Wooleytown becoming a ghost town.[2]
References
- History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 771.
- Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 203.
External links
- Combination Atlas Map of Miami County Indiana (Map). Kingman Brothers. 1877.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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