Pyrmont, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Pyrmont
Mapsize:120px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Carroll County
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Carroll County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Carroll
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Clay
Coordinates:40.4675°N -86.6797°W
Elevation Ft:676
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46923
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-62424[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:441677

Pyrmont is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Carroll County, Indiana.

History

Pyrmont was likely named after Waldeck and Pyrmont, in Germany.[2]

An historical marker, erected in 1977 by the Carroll County Historical Society at the principal intersection in Pyrmont gives some of its history:[3]

John Wagner built a dam, race and saw mill about a mile South in 1833 and added a grist mill. He sold to John Fisher who sold to John Fetterhoff who built a large frame mill. Joel Wagoner, James Allen, Elias Morkert, J. J. Cripe, Wm. Gardner, Bert Smoker were later operators. It burned December 7, 1929. Fetterhoff’s Mill Post Office established 1851, was changed to Pyrmont in 1866.

Pyrmont was the site of a 152feet single span Smith truss covered bridge, built in 1860 by the Wheelock Bridge Company. The bridge collapsed in July, 1951.[4]

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 273. ...apparently for the German principality, Waldeck-Pyrmont....
  3. Web site: Pyrmont / 1812 Hopkins’ Expedition . Historical Marker Database . 2011-03-08.
  4. Web site: Pyrmont Covered Bridge . Indiana Country History Preservation Society . 2011-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110124205557/http://countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/carroll4.htm . 2011-01-24 . dead .