Blakesburg, Indiana
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blakesburg is an unincorporated community in Russell Township, Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as this is GNIS "community" blatherskite. The Thomas and Baldwin Gazetteer p.113 says that this was a village, and there are small items dotted in the county histories about shops and a church. (February 2025) |
History
A post office was established at Blakesburg in 1828, and remained in operation until 1839.[2] The community was named after an early settler named Blake.[3]
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