Ohio County – 1887 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Ohio County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1887. Volume 4. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1887.
See also:
Entries from Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana (1887)
Ohio County Directories

BASCOM. A post office situated in Cass township, Ohio county, 10 miles southwest of Rising Sun, the county seat and banking town. Aurora, distant 17 miles, is the nearest rail approach, but shipments can be made by boat to Rising Sun. Settled, 1860. Population, 50. R. B. Bascom, postmaster.

  • Bascom & Myers, General Store
  • Riggs Robert, blacksmith

BEAR BRANCH. Or Freedom, as it is sometimes called, is a place with a population of 25, located in Pike township, Ohio county, 15 miles southwest of Rising Sun, the county seat, and 13 north of Vevay, on the Ohio river, the most available banking and shipping point. Contains 2 churches—Baptist and United Brethren—and district school. Stage communication with Dillsboro. Mail, tri-weekly. J. R. Liggett, postmaster.

  • Cooper C C, justice of peace
  • Dennis M M, millinery
  • Elfers John, physician
  • French J B, wagonmaker
  • Licking George, blacksmith
  • Liggett John R, Wagonmaker
  • Longcamp J F, blacksmith
  • Oatman Wm H, gen store and live stock
  • Pate I H, cattle dealer

HARTFORD. A village of 100 inhabitants, on Laughery creek, in Union township, Ohio county, 7 miles northwest of Rising Sun court house. Aurora, 7 miles northeast, is the shipping station and banking town. Settled, 1816. One Methodist church is sustained. Daily mail stage to Aurora. F. P. Ross, postmaster.

  • Anderson Wm H, blacksmith
  • Ross F P, General Store
  • Sherer J L, grist and saw mill
  • Spielman J H, grocer
  • Weaver N, blacksmith
  • Wilber E A, grocer

NORTH’S LANDING. A village located on the Ohio river, in Randolph township, Ohio county, 4 miles south of Rising Sun, the county seat and banking location, has a population of 250. Settled, 1812. Has Baptist and Methodist churches. Daily mail stage to Patriot; fare 50 cents; Rising Sun; fare 10 cents. Nathan H. North, postmaster.

  • Ellis W C, carpenter
  • Green John, painter
  • Harris & Galbraith, general store and produce
  • Hess & Wallack, saw mill
  • North James M, sorghum mnfr
  • North Nathan H, General Store, Produce and Live Stock
  • Powell W, wharf master
  • Powell & Bro, leaf tobacco
  • Rollins H, blacksmith
  • Walker M & Co., fence machine mnfrs