Gwynneville,_Indiana

Gwynneville, Indiana

Gwynneville, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Gwynneville is an unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

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History

Gwynneville was platted in 1881, and named after O'Brien Gynne, a local businessman and landowner.[3] A post office opened at Gwynneville in 1881.[4] Gwynneville had its own high school until the school was discontinued around 1918.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gwynneville, Indiana
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. [3]
    Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 272.
  4. [4]
    "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. [5]
    Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.


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