Hooversburg, Indiana

Hooversburg was a community, now extinct, in Perry Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Hooversburg in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1901.[1] The community served as a trading point in Perry Township's early history, and was likely named after the Hoover family of settlers.[2]

References

  1. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  2. Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 191.

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