Groomsville, Indiana

Groomsville
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°20′45.72″N 86°12′9.82″W / 40.3460333°N 86.2027278°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tipton
Township	Prairie
Founded by	Enoch Smith
Named for	B.M. Groom
Elevation[1]	899 ft (274 m)
ZIP code	46045
Area code(s)	765
GNIS feature ID	435519
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Groomsville is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Tipton County, Indiana in the United States.^[3]

History

The area was settled by whites prior to its 1860 founding. The Liberty Baptist Church was founded in 1853 just north of the future Groomsville.^[4] Groomsville was official founded in 1860. Enoch Smith facilitated the founding of the post office. Groomsville was named after a physician and Tipton County auditor, B.M. Groom. A general store was built in Groomsville just after its founding. The store was sold to McCreary and Stoops in 1883. John W. Kern made his first political speech in the village in 1870.^[2] The post office was discontinued in Groomsville in 1900.^[5]

Footnotes

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 1979-02-14. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. Pershing, p. 122-123
3. "Groomsville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
4. Pershing, p. 207
5. "Tipton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

Sources

• Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).