Pecksburg is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Clay Township,

Hendricks County Hendricks County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 145,448. The county seat is the town of Danville. Hendricks County is the third largest county in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderso ...

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

History

Pecksburg was

plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...

ted in 1853. It was named for a railroad official. Pecksburg contained a post office from 1852 until 1913.

Notable person

Arthur Trester Arthur Leslie Trester (June 10, 1878 in Pecksburg, Indiana – September 18, 1944) was an American basketball administrator. Trester was the commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) from 1922 to 1944, that organization w ...

, a basketball official, was born in Pecksburg.

References

Unincorporated communities in Hendricks County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Indianapolis metropolitan area {{HendricksCountyIN-geo-stub