Mortonsville, also known as Martinsville,
is an extinct small town in
Forest Township,
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
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,
Indiana
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in the
United States
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. In 1860 it gained a post office with Martin Davis as the first postmaster and, though on a contract route and not appearing in the official list of U.S. post offices, served the community for a number of years.
When the
Clover Leaf railroad was built through the township it bypassed Martinsville and established instead a station at
Forest
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about two miles away, leading to the town's demise.
Geography
A 1913 history of Clinton County gives Martinsville's position as "at the northeast corner of section seventeen" in Forest Township.
References
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Former populated places in Clinton County, Indiana
Ghost towns in Indiana