Rigdon, Indiana
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Rigdon 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 Green Township,
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, and in Duck Creek Township, Madison County,
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History

Rigdon was named for Dr. Pryor Rigdon, a local resident. The community had a post office between 1855 and 1912.


Geography

Rigdon is located at .


Notable people

* Willard Gemmill, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices
, '' Indiana Law Review'', Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced i
Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page


References

Unincorporated communities in Grant County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{MadisonCountyIN-geo-stub