Geetingsville, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	Geetingsville
Pushpin Map:	USA Indiana Clinton County
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Indiana
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Clinton
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Owen
Coordinates:	40.4164°N -86.4686°W
Elevation Ft:	827
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	46041
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	18-27180^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	435475

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

History

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.^[2]

Geetingsville had a post office between 1856 and 1905.^[3] Henry W. Geeting served as postmaster.^[4]

References

Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
Book: Claybaugh , Joseph . History of Clinton County, Indiana. 1913. A. W. Bowen & Company. Indianapolis. Warren Township.
Web site: Clinton County . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903101547/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clinton . 3 September 2014 .
Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 143. Henry W. Geeting was the first postmaster..