Wooleytown, Indiana

Wooleytown is a ghost town in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Wooleytown was founded in 1846 by Amos Wooley, and others.[1] The Lake Erie and Western Railroad being built two miles away from the community and the founding of the nearby town of Denver led to Wooleytown becoming a ghost town.[2]

References

  1. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 771.
  2. ^ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 203.

External links

  • Combination Atlas Map of Miami County Indiana (Map). Kingman Brothers. 1877.
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