Kilmore, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Kilmore
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:Union
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1854
Coordinates:40.3486°N -86.5056°W
Elevation Ft:833
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46041
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-39726[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:437301

Kilmore is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town was laid out in 1854 by Abner C. Pence and for twenty years was known as Penceville, but after it became a station on the Vandalia Railroad in 1870 the company changed its name to Kilmore after the nearby creek (which was named for settler John Killmore).[2] [3]

A post office was established at Kilmore in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[4]

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Book: Claybaugh , Joseph . History of Clinton County, Indiana. 1913. A. W. Bowen & Company. Indianapolis. 32.
  3. Book: Claybaugh , Joseph . History of Clinton County, Indiana. 1913. A. W. Bowen & Company. Indianapolis. Union Township.
  4. Web site: Clinton County . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 August 2014.