Mortonsville, Indiana Explained

Mortonsville, also known as Martinsville,[1] is an extinct small town in Forest Township, Clinton County, Indiana in the United States. In 1860 it gained a post office with Martin Davis as the first postmaster and, though on a contract route and not appearing in the official list of U.S. post offices, served the community for a number of years.

When the Clover Leaf railroad was built through the township it bypassed Martinsville and established instead a station at Forest about two miles away, leading to the town's demise.[2]

Geography

A 1913 history of Clinton County gives Martinsville's position as "at the northeast corner of section seventeen" in Forest Township.

References

  1. Book: Nancy Hawlick Stein. Descendants of Wm. Oliphant of North Carolina. 1976. Oliphant Family History. 114.
  2. Book: Claybaugh , Joseph . History of Clinton County, Indiana. 1913. A. W. Bowen & Company. Indianapolis. Forest Township.

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