Templeton, Indiana

Templeton
Animals along Ann Street.
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Coordinates: 40°30′46″N 87°12′27″W / 40.51278, -87.2075
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Township	Bolivar
Elevation GR3	699 ft (213 m)
ZIP code	47970
GNIS feature ID	444630

Templeton is an unincorporated town in Bolivar Township, Benton County, Indiana.

History

Templeton was laid out by Col. William J. Templeton and his wife Melissa on December 23, 1873, and contained 225 lots. Two railways, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis (the "Big Four") and the Lafayette, Muncie and Bloomington (the "Nickle Plate"), intersected at the site. Its first building was a shanty occupied by John Cosgrove, and was soon followed by the dwellings of Col. Templeton and others. The town gained it first grain elevator in 1874 and a tile factory in 1881 which operated two large, steam-powered kilns. By 1883 the town's businesses included David Lanham & Co. and Finch & Son (both purveyors of dry goods and groceries), Joseph Dehart's notions and butcher shop, John Rosa's grocery, Dr. C. W. Fall (physician and pharmacist), Jasper Bristow (physician) and the Railroad House.^[1] Templeton's population numbered around 150 in the 1920s, at which time it also had a grain elevator, grade school and three or four stores.^[2]

Geography

Templeton is located at 40°30′46″N, 87°12′27″W in Bolivar Township. It's surrounded by open farmland, with Big Pine Creek less than a mile to the southeast. U.S. Route 52 passes along the town's northeast side, and the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad, which comes in from the east, splits into two lines that head west and northwest.

References

1. ^ Mossman, Ed (1883). "History of Benton County: Past Events -- Present Condition", Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.. 
2. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). "Towns of the County", History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, pp. 200-201. 

•  • e Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana
County seat: Fowler
Cities and towns	Ambia | Boswell | Earl Park | Fowler | Otterbein | Oxford
Townships	Bolivar | Center | Gilboa | Grant | Hickory Grove | Oak Grove | Parish Grove | Pine | Richland | Union | York
Unincorporated communities	Atkinson | Barce | Chase | Dunn | Dunnington | Free | Freeland Park | Handy | Lochiel | Raub | Swanington | Talbot | Templeton | Wadena