Curtisville is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

Curtisville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°19′06″N 85°53′55″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tipton
Township	Madison
Elevation [1]	876 ft (267 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46036
FIPS code	18-16462[2]
GNIS feature ID	433262

The community is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Curtisville was founded by L.B. Colvin just prior to 1859. Colvin built a sawmill on the railroad that traveled through Madison Township and sold as much lumber as possible so he could secure a train station. Around the same time the first retail operations were opened in Curtisville, in a building on the east side of town that was built by A.B. Newman. Lumber remained the primarily economy for the town. Other services in Curtisville included blacksmithing.[4]

In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster.[4] The post office ran until it was discontinued in 1951.[5] A Missionary Baptists congregation was founded in Curtisville in 1860. A church was built in 1861.[6] The land was surveyed and divided into a plat in 1873. As of 1914, 200 people lived in town and the primary economic driver was the Curtisville Tile and Brick Company.[4]

Geography

Curtisville is located at 40°19′06″N 85°53′55″W.

Footnotes

Sources

• Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).

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