Cyclone,_Indiana

Cyclone, Indiana

Cyclone, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Cyclone is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

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History

The town's name commemorates a destructive tornado that struck the area on June 14, 1880. A 1913 county history states,

[It was] the most destructive storm that ever visited the county, either since its settlement or in traditional history. It was a genuine cyclone with a "funnel shaped cloud," which swept over a curved path of over forty miles in this and adjoining counties, leaving desolation in its wake. It was estimated to have done $200,000 damage in this county. The present town, which was located about that time as a railroad station, was in the path of the storm and was named for it.[3]

A post office was established at Cyclone in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cyclone, Indiana
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. [3]
    Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 33.
  4. [4]
    "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.


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