Tampico 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 Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County,

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History

Tampico first grew around a blacksmith shop established in about 1840. The community was likely named after

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fif ...

, in Mexico. A post office was established at Tampico in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JacksonCountyIN-geo-stub