Historical Articles
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 | Houghville 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 Township | Pin Hook | 2 Jun 1831 |
| Brookfield | 26 Nov 1853 | ||
| Bug a Boo | E Addison/W Liberty | Mt. Pisgah | |
| Bynum | Washington Township, 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 | Northeast corner of Liberty Township, just east of Melterville and west of the Rush-Shelby County line. | 1) Blue Ridge 2) Bug a Boo 3) Needmore | 19 Aug 1835 |
| Davisville | Van Buren Township | Fountaintown | |
| Doblestown | Moral Township, southeast of Pleasant View | 3 Oct 1837 | |
| Fairland | Brandywine Township | Saints' Rest | 21 Oct 1852 |
| Fenns | Shelby Township | Fenns Station | |
| Flat Rock | Washington Township | 2 May 1855 | |
| Fleming's | 5 miles southwest of Shelbyville | ||
| Fountaintown | Van Buren Township | 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 Township | ||
| Goosetown | section of Blue Ridge | Blue Ridge | 1910-1930 |
| Gwynneville | 22 Jan 1881 | ||
| Hanover | Morristown | ||
| Harper's Ferry | Washington Township | ||
| 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 | Sugar Creek Township | 16 Jul 1838 | |
| Jerico / Jericho | southern Van Buren Township | ||
| 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 Township | Marion / Noah | |
| London | Moral Township, 700N and 700E | 21 Jul 1852 | |
| Manilla | Rush County, Indiana | ||
| Manwarring | Boggstown | ||
| Marietta | Hendricks & Jackson Townships | 19 Jun 1839 | |
| Marion | Marion Township | Little Marion Noah | 27 Dec 1820 |
| Martin's Corner | 1 mile east of London | ||
| Meltzerville | Meltzer | ||
| Middletown | Liberty Township | Toga | 19 Jun 1829 |
| Moral | 900N and 500W | Pleasant View | |
| Morristown | Hanover Township | Hanover | 3 May 1828 |
| Morven | northeast of Flat Rock | ||
| Mt Auburn | Jackson Township | Black Hawk | 18 Jan 1837 |
| Mt Pisgah | E Addison/W Liberty | Bugaboo | |
| 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 Township | Marion | |
| Norristown | Washington Township | Winterrowd | 22 Nov 1851 |
| Oldham's Mill | Marion Township | ||
| Parma | due south of Mt Auburn | ||
| Pin Hook | 1 mile NE of Fairland/ Brandywine Township | Brandywine | 2 Jun 1831 |
| Pisgah | east of Shelbyville, Addison Township | ||
| Pitt's Ford | Union Township, west of Manilla | ||
| Pleasant View | Moral Township | 1) Doblestown 2) Wrights 3) Wrightsdale 4) Moral | 6 Jul 1836 |
| 'Possumtown | Shelby Township | ||
| Prescott | 28 Jun 1867 | ||
| Raytown | southwest section of Shelbyville | ||
| Ray's Crossing | SR 44 east of Shelbyville, Union Township | 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 Township | 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 Township | ||
| St Omer | Decatur County, east of Noble Township | 1834 | |
| St Paul | Noble Township | 4 Apr 1856 | |
| Stringtown | |||
| Stroupville | Liberty Township | Waldron | 27 Mar 1854 |
| Sulphur Hill | Noble Township | Geneva | |
| Swain's Mill | Hanover Township | ||
| Toga | Liberty Township | Middletown | |
| Vinton | 400W and the RR crossing Main St-Michigan Rd (421) | 20 Mar 1838 | |
| Waldron | Liberty Township | 1) Stroupville 2) Strouptown 3) Conn's Creek | 27 Mar 1854 |
| Walkerville | Section of Shelbyville, east of downtown | ||
| Wilson's Corner | Shelby Township, 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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