Point Pleasant was a small village (now extinct) in Pine Township,

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, located about a mile and a half southwest of Rainsville near the confluence of

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and Mud Pine Creek, a site currently known as Rocky Ford. It was laid out by one John H. Bartlett and

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ted July 14, 1830, but never grew, and consisted only of Bartlett's residence, a liquor store and perhaps a saw mill. An 1883 county history describes Point Pleasant, but notes that "this was a paper town only."

Geography

Point Pleasant is located in the northwest half of the northeast quarter of section 33, township 23, range 8.

References

* Goodspeed, Weston A. (1883), "Towns and Villages of Warren County" in ''Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical'', Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. * Clifton, Thomas A. (editor) (1913), "Warren County, Indiana" in ''Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana'', Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co. Former populated places in Warren County, Indiana Populated places established in 1830 Ghost towns in Indiana 1830 establishments in Indiana {{WarrenCountyIN-geo-stub