Anson was a community, now extinct, in
Richland Township,
Miami County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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.
History
Anson was laid out in 1853. When the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railroad was built in Miami County, it was not extended to Anson, and the village became a ghost town.
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Geography of Miami County, Indiana
Ghost towns in Indiana
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