Boggstown, Indiana

Boggstown
Unincorporated community
Boggstown
Boggstown
Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°W / 39.56306; -85.91639Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°W / 39.56306; -85.91639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Sugar Creek
Elevation[1] 748 ft (228 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 46110
Area code(s) 317 Exchange: 835
FIPS code 18-6292[2]
GNIS feature ID 431294

Boggstown is an unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

History

Boggstown has not repealed a secession resolution passed in 1861.[4]

The community was platted in 1867, and named for Joseph Boggs, an early settler.[5] The Boggstown post office has been in operation since 1867.[6]

Boggstown once contained a school which was discontinued at an unknown date.[7]

Notable people

Actress Marjorie Main, best known as Ma Kettle, spent her teenage years here growing up on the first road north of town (300 North).

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Boggstown, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. ↑ Gable, Paul (November 20, 2012). "Want to secede? Go to Boggstown". The Shelbyville News. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 263.
  6. ↑ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.


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