Marshfield is an extinct town in
Vienna Township,
Scott County Scott County is the name of eleven counties in the United States of America:
*Scott County, Arkansas
*Scott County, Illinois
*Scott County, Indiana
*Scott County, Iowa, the most populous county on the list
*Scott County, Kansas, the least populous ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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, about three miles northwest of
Scottsburg. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place.
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History
Marshfield functioned as a water stop on the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
The Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (JM&I) was formed in 1866 as a merger between the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad and the Jeffersonville Railroad.
Genealogy
The JM&I predecessors were as follows:
*Jeffersonville, Madison ...
. It was the site of the third train robbery in American history in 1868 by the Reno Gang
The Reno Gang, also known as the Reno Brothers Gang and The Jackson Thieves, were a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the American Civil War. Though short-lived, the gang carried out the first ...
of adjacent Jackson County. An Indiana historical marker marks the location of the robbery.
References
Former populated places in Scott County, Indiana
Former populated places in Indiana
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