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Woodville, Indiana (other)
Woodville, Indiana may refer to one of the following places: *Woodville, Henry County, Indiana *Woodville, Porter County, Indiana Woodville is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History In 1880, the village of Woodville was platted by John C. Cole and incorporated. It remained incorporated into the 20th century. ... See also * Woodville (other) {{geodis ...
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Woodville, Henry County, Indiana
Woodville was a short-lived town in Henry County, Indiana, in the United States. It was laid out and 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 Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...ted in 1836 and was likely named from its wooded setting. There were never more than a few buildings, however, and by the early 1900s the place was abandoned. References {{Coord, 39, 54, 56, N, 85, 32, 41, W, type:city_region:US-IN_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title Unincorporated communities in Henry County, Indiana 1836 establishments in Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana ...
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Woodville, Porter County, Indiana
Woodville is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History In 1880, the village of Woodville was platted by John C. Cole and incorporated. It remained incorporated into the 20th century. The community had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office was established at Woodville in 1882, and remained in operation until 1914. A general store was established in Woodville that served as the passenger and freight depot for the B&O Railroad. Large quantities of milk, eggs, and other agricultural products were shipped from here to Chicago. The building remained standing until 2006 when it was razed. For a period of time from the 1920s until early in the 1940s Woodville boasted of two general stores, one on either side of the railway, serving a large portion of the rural countryside in a three-mile radius. On May 24, 1946, a very intense tornado struck the community, where it obliterated two homes, three ...
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