Histories  of  Shelby  County  Indiana

Towns  and  Populated  Areas


Name of  Town or Area  Location / 
Township
 Also Known As   Date Organized 
Acton

Franklin Township, Marion County

Farmersville October 22, 1852
Beech Grove

Hanover Township, se of Gwynneville

  abt 1850
Bengal   Blue Bell early 1840's
Black Hawk Jackson Township Mt Auburn 18 Jan 1837
Blue Bell   Bengal  
Blue Ridge

eastern Liberty Township

Cynthiana  
Blue River      
Boggstown   Manwarring 17 Feb 1869
Boston 17th ward of  Shelbyville Shelbyville  
Bradford south of Fountaintown    
Brady between London & Fairland    
Brandywine Town 1 mile NE of Fairland/
Brandywine Twp
Pin Hook 2 Jun 1831
Brookfield     26 Nov 1853
Bug a Boo   Blue Ridge  
Bynum Washington Twp, Cave neighborhood    
Canaan   Smithland  
Carolina near the Nail / Ray or Center Cemetery Wray's Settlement    
Conn's Creek   Waldron  
Cooper's Corner south of Waldron, between 
Morven and Vanpelt Cemetery
   
Cynthiana   1)  Blue Ridge
2)  Bug a Boo
3)  Needmore
19 Aug 1835
Davisville Van Buren Twp Fountaintown  
Doblestown Moral Twp, southeast of Pleasant View   3 Oct 1837
Fairland Brandywine Twp Saints Rest 21 Oct 1852
Fenns Shelby Twp Fenns Station  
Flat Rock Washington Twp   2 May 1855
Fleming's 5 miles southwest of Shelbyville    
Fountaintown Van Buren Twp Davisville 23 Dec 1854
Freeport Little Blue River, 
southwest of Morristown
Windfall 7 Mar 1836
Gelletsburgh 1/2 mile west of Morristown   17 Jan 1833
Geneva   Sulphur Hill 28 Oct 1853
Goose Creek Section of St Paul, Noble Twp    
Goosetown section of Blue Ridge Blue Ridge 1910-1930
Gwynneville     22 Jan 1881
Hanover   Morristown  
Haw Patch 125 W  Flat Rock Rd Slab Town  
Hoagensville short distance north of 
Shelbyville on US 421
   
Hord west of Shelbyville, 
between 200W and 300W
   
Houghsburgh     16 Jul 1838
Jollity west of Marietta    
Lardonna SR-9 and US-52    
Lewis Creek Washington Township    
Little Blue River between Shelbyville 
and Little Marion
   
Little Marion   Marion / Noah  
London Moral Twp, 700N and 700E   21 Jul 1852
Manilla Rush Co, IN    
Manwarring   Boggstown  
Marietta Hendricks & Jackson Twps   19 Jun 1839
Marion Marion Twp Little Marion
Noah
27 Dec 1820
Martin's Corner 1 mile east of London    
Meltzerville Meltzer  
Middletown Liberty Twp Toga 19 Jun 1829
Moral 900N and 500W Pleasant View  
Morristown 6 Aug 1832 Hanover 3 May 1828
Morven northeast of Flat Rock    
Mt Auburn Jackson Twp Black Hawk 18 Jan 1837
Mt Pleasant just west of Geneva   2 Jun 1831
Needmore   Blue Ridge  
New Harmony 500W and SR-252      
New Holland     29 Apr 1837
New Palestine north of Pleasant View, in Hancock Co    
Noah Marion Twp Marion  
Norristown Washington Twp Winterrowd 22 Nov 1851
Oldham's Mill Marion Twp    
Parma due south of Mt Auburn    
Pin Hook 1 mile NE of Fairland/
Brandywine Twp
Brandywine 2 Jun 1831
Pisgah east of Shelbyville, Addison Twp    
Pitt's Ford Union Twp, west of Manilla    
Pleasant View Moral Twp 1) Doblestown
2) Wrights
3) Wrightsdale
4) Moral
6 Jul 1836
'Possumtown Shelby Twp    
Prescott     28 Jun 1867
Raytown southwest section
of Shelbyville
   
Ray's Crossing SR 44 east of Shelbyville, Union Twp   22 Jan 1881
Saints Rest   Fairland  
Sang Town   125 W  Flat Rock Rd 1) Slab Town
2) Haw Patch
 
Savannah     9 Jun 1834
Scottsville     24 Feb 1835
Shelbyville center of Shelby County Addison 23 Sep 1822
Smithland Hendricks Twp Canaan 28 Oct 1851
Slab Town   125 W  Flat Rock Rd Haw Patch  
Sleepy Hollow Noble Township    
Sodom near Vanpelt Cem, on Conn's Creek
Noble Twp
   
St Paul       4 Apr 1856
Stringtown        
Stroupville Waldron 27 Mar 1854
Sulphur Hill   Geneva  
Swain's Mill      
Toga   Middletown  
Vinton 400W and the RR crossing
Main St-Michigan Rd (421)
    20 Mar 1838
Waldron   1) Stroupville
2) Strouptown
3) Conn's Creek
27 Mar 1854
Walkerville   Section of Shelbyville, east of downtown     
Wilson's Corner Shelby Twp, 5.5 mi south of Shelbyville  Wilson Meadows   
Windfall Little Blue River, 
southwest of Morristown
Freeport 7 Mar 1836
Winterrowd   Norristown  
Wray's Settlement Nail Ray or Center Cem Carolina    
Wrights / Wrightsdale   Pleasant View  

Compiled by Judy Cheatham and Robert Burns, along with information from
Brant & Fuller's history, Melinda Weaver, Barb Huff and Marge Roberts.

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