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Coordinates: 40°5253N 85°5854W / 40.88139°N 85.98167°W / 40.88139; -85.98167
 

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Pettysville, Indiana
Pettysville is located in Indiana
Pettysville

Pettysville

Pettysville is located in the United States
Pettysville

Pettysville

Coordinates: 40°52′53N 85°58′54W / 40.88139°N 85.98167°W / 40.88139; -85.98167
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipRichland
Elevation 738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46926
FIPS code18-59440[2]
GNIS feature ID441069[1]

Pettysville is an unincorporated communityinRichland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. stateofIndiana.[1]

History

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Pettysville was named for storekeeper Daniel Petty, who platted the community in 1872 when the Vandalia Railroad was extended to that point.[3] A post office was established at Pettysville in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1917.[4]

Geography

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Pettysville is on the Eel River, in the eastern part of Richland Township.

References

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  • ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  • ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 198.
  • ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.

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