Swanington 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
Center Township,
Benton County, in the
U.S. state
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of
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 ...
.
It is part of the
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, whi ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
History
Swanington 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 by William Swan at the intersection of the existing
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system.
...
(the "Big Four") which ran southeast from nearby
Fowler and the new
Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad
The Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad , nicknamed the "Dolly Varden Line", was a railroad linking small towns in west central and northwestern Indiana to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway (C&EI) near Momence, Illinois (where traffic con ...
. Before its platting, the site was known as Wyndham, the name possibly coming from the town of
Windham, Connecticut
Windham is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the former city of Willimantic as well as the boroughs of Windham Center, North Windham, and South Windham. Willimantic, an incorporated city since 1893, was consoli ...
. In the 1920s the town supported a general store, grain elevator, grade school, Church of the United Brethren in Christ, United Brethren church and about 100 people.
A post office was established at Swanington in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.
Geography
Swanington is located at in Center Township, on U.S. Route 52 southeast of
Fowler.
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Benton County, Indiana
Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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