Curtisville is an
unincorporated community
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in
Madison Township,
Tipton County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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.
The community is part of the
Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
History
Curtisville was founded by L.B. Colvin just prior to 1859. Colvin built a
sawmill
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on the railroad that traveled through Madison Township and sold as much lumber as possible so he could secure a train station. Around the same time the first retail operations were opened in Curtisville, in a building on the east side of town that was built by A.B. Newman. Lumber remained the primarily economy for the town. Other services in Curtisville included
blacksmithing.
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In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster.[Pershing, p. 207](_blank)
/ref> The land was surveyed and divided into a plat
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in 1873. As of 1914, 200 people lived in town and the primary economic driver was the Curtisville Tile and Brick Company.
Geography
Curtisville is located at .
Footnotes
Sources
* Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).
Unincorporated communities in Tipton County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Kokomo, Indiana metropolitan area
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