Armiesburg (also called Armiesburg Mills, Armiesburgh or Stringtown) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Wabash Township,
Parke County, in
Indiana
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.
History
When General
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...
took an army from
Vincennes
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to the
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe ( ) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between United States Armed Forces, American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces associated with Sh ...
in late 1811,
Zachariah Cicott served as a scout. Cicott was familiar with the area because of his time trading up and down the
Wabash River
The Wabash River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United ...
, starting ''circa'' 1801. The trail taken by Harrison's army passed through the area that later became Parke County on its way to and from the battle site in Tippecanoe County. The settlement of Armiesburg was so named because Harrison and his army crossed the Raccoon Creek and camped near there on their way to the battle. After the county was established in 1821, the county seat was located first at Roseville, and second at Armiesburg where at least two court sessions were held. The county seat was finally located at Rockville in 1822. The original plat of the town was destroyed along with many other records in an 1832 fire in Rockville; the town was platted again in 1833.
A post office was established at Armiesburg in 1844, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.
Geography
Armiesburg is located in the western part of the county, just over to the east of the confluence of the Big Raccoon Creek and the Wabash River, and about southeast of
Montezuma. Its elevation is .
See also
Armiesburg Covered Bridge
References
Bibliography
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Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana