Jackson, also known as Jackson Station, and Jacksons is an

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in Cicero Township, Tipton County, in the

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History

Jackson was located 3.5 miles north of

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. The village was founded around the building of a

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, which operated on steam, by Newton J. Jackson and George Kane in 1851. In 1854, the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad was completed and a

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was built in Jackson. The village grew around the increased number of shipments that were processed at the station. Elijah C. Elliott opened a

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in the village after 1865. Elliott also had a factory that made "staves and heading". By 1914, the railroad station was closed. At that time, a school and church still existed in the village. A post office was established under the name Jackson Station in 1863, was renamed Jackson in 1882, and operated until it was discontinued in 1905.

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