Boggstown is an
unincorporated community
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in
Sugar Creek Township,
Shelby County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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.
History
In early 1861, just before the Civil War, participants at a meeting in Boggstown approved a resolution to join the Confederacy in the event of hostilities. Whatever the reason for this resolution, it had no practical effect. The town remained loyal to the United States and the state of Indiana throughout the conflict, and local soldiers fought exclusively on the Union side.
The community was
plat
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ted in 1867, and named for Joseph Boggs, an early settler. The Boggstown post office has been in operation since 1867.
Boggstown once contained a school which was discontinued at an unknown date.
Notable people
Actress
Marjorie Main
Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and ...
, best known as
Ma Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios, in the late 1940s and 1950s. The hillbilly duo had their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious child ...
, spent her teenage years here growing up on the first road north of town (300 North).
References
Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area
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