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Dearborn County – 1884 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-85. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1884.
Digital Copy at Internet Archive
See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

DEARBORN CO.—Lawrenceburgh the county seat. Clerk, Warren Tebbs. Sheriff, John C. Sims. Treasurer, James D. Gatch. Auditor, Julius Severin. Recorder, George C. Columbia. Coroner, Charles J. B. Ratjen. Surveyor, Albert T. Gridley.

AVENTON. Is a small hamlet located in Harrison township, Dearborn county, 17 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 140 from Indianapolis. Brookville is the banking town, and Harrison, O, 3 miles south, on the W W V R R, is the nearest rail approach. Population 30. Daniel Goble, postmaster.

  • Goble David, grocer and carpenter.
  • Goble Iden, lime mnfr.
  • Klemm George, shoemkr.
  • Stephens Joseph, carpenter.

BRIGHT. Or Bunkum, as the place was formerly called, has a population of 90, and is located in Harrison township, Dearborn county, 11 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. Harrison, O, 4 miles northeast, on the W W R R, is the nearest rail approach. Joseph Haddock, postmaster.

  • Aperias Henry, shoemkr.
  • Crim Jeremiah, blacksmith.
  • Haddock Joseph, Postmaster.
  • Hargitt & Grubbs, saw mill.
  • Hauk A, wagonmkr.
  • Howlin Henry, general store.
  • Hurgitt Thomas Rev (Methodist).
  • Ingham Thomas, shoemkr.
  • Judd J C, carpenter.
  • Kibbey David, general store.
  • Liddle William, general store.
  • Mericle Wm, justice.
  • Siddle J R, Physician.
  • Swales C A, blacksmith.
  • Whipple A B, blacksmith.

CHESTERVILLE. Established in 1884, is a rural postoffice in Dearborn county.

COCHRAN. In Centre township, Dearborn county, with 1,400 inhabitants, is a village located on the O & M Ry, 5 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Banking facilities at Aurora, distant 2 miles. There are located here the O & M car shops, chair factory, and a Methodist church. Ex, O & M. Abram P Shutts, postmaster.

  • Bloner George, hotel, boots and shoes.
  • Carhaugh J H, justice.
  • Cochran Charles & Co, chair mnfrs.
  • Dale Kate, notions.
  • Green J C, general store.
  • Hames & Criswell, Meat Market.
  • Opperman F, General Store.
  • Peppergon Joseph, puttery.
  • Schafstall Wm, carpenter.
  • Shutts Abram P, Shoemaker and Stationer.
  • Shutts Frank B, cigars and tobacco.
  • Sieferman John, blacksmith.
  • Smith & Safstall, wagonmkrs.
  • Stanford L D, grocer.
  • Wheeler J M, general store.
  • Wright J C, carpenter.

COLDSPRING. A station and post office on the O & M Ry, located in Sparta township, Dearborn county, 15 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Nearest bank at Aurora, distant 14 miles. With a population of 75, the village supports Methodist, Lutheran, and Baptist churches. Produce and lumber are the exports. O & M Ex. W U Tel. J W Livingston, postmaster.

  • Bossong Joseph M, insurance agt.
  • Christy John, wagonmkr.
  • Crippky H, blacksmith.
  • Demand B, painter.
  • Homan F, general store.
  • Jones Jesse C, carpenter.
  • Livingston J W, General Store.
  • Mulford William C, justice of the peace.
  • Turner George W, furs.

DILLSBOROUGH. Settled in 1830, is a prosperous village of 500 inhabitants located on O & M Ry, in Clay township, Dearborn county, 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, distant 10 miles, is the location of nearest bank. Methodist and Lutheran churches are sustained and produce shipped. Daily stage to Farmers’ Retreat and Friendship. Ex, O & M. Tel, W U. S M Weaver, postmaster.

  • Blue Benjamin, meat market.
  • Calvert J M, jeweler.
  • Conaway Ham, lawyer.
  • Conaway Preston, live stock.
  • Curry Bros, produce.
  • Ginter Frederick, shoemkr.
  • Hamlin W S, grocer.
  • Hartley J L, General Store.
  • Haynes W H, druggist.
  • Huffington G V, R R agt.
  • Kamping H, mer tailor.
  • Knowls R T, cooper.
  • Lord T J, physician.
  • Milford O P M, blacksmith.
  • Misner D C, undertaker.
  • Neasta A H, shoemkr.
  • Niebruggs Henry, livery.
  • Perlee D, blacksmith.
  • Perlee Wm, wagonmkr.
  • Pohle Wm, blacksmith.
  • Roberts L, tinner.
  • Roberts & Suits, flour mill.
  • Rudisill S, harnessmkr.
  • Sale F H, physician.
  • Sale J H, physician.
  • Scudder Thomas, undertaker.
  • Stevenson W C D, notary public.
  • Stewer Wm, notions.
  • Teke W E, saloon and livery.
  • Tholke Frederick, general store and cooper.
  • Tholke Henry, wagonmkr.
  • Thompson Dean, carpenter.
  • Vandolat J C & Co, general store.
  • Veit L, hotel.
  • Weaver S M, physician.
  • Withrow W W, General Store.

FARMERS’ RETREAT. Once called Opptown, contains 100 inhabitants, in Cesar Creek township, Dearborn county, 20 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, distant 18 miles, has the nearest bank. Dillsborough Station, 7 miles northeast on the O & M R R, is the shipping station. Methodist and Lutheran churches are supported. Daily stage to Dillsborough; fare, 40 cents. Anthony Opp, postmaster.

  • Barkley J M, physician.
  • Bosse Garrett, general store.
  • Campbell Wm R, justice of the peace.
  • Doctor Frederick, blacksmith.
  • Kretzman C Rev (Lutheran).
  • Kuhlmier Henry, harness.
  • Miller J R, notary public and live stock.
  • Opp Anthony, General Store and Cooper.
  • Opp Anthony & Son, Agricultural Implements.
  • Opp Charles, news dealer.
  • Pate James W, live stock.
  • Schuette Frederick, shoemkr.
  • Stapel E H, General Store.

GUILFORD. On the C I St L & C Ry, in York township, Dearborn county, with 300 inhabitants, is a village located 8 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. The place contains a Methodist church and exports produce and plows. Ex, Am. Tel. W U. C W Robertson, postmaster.

  • Cole F, blacksmith.
  • Collins L J, physician.
  • Dowden V, justice of the peace.
  • Dunning & Ewbank, milliners.
  • Hargitt R, general store and ex agt.
  • Robertson & Huddleston, Grain and Produce.
  • Vincent H C, physician.
  • Vogle C, sewing machines.
  • Voglesang N, wagonmkr.
  • Washborn M E, R R agt.
  • Woling L, blacksmith.

GUIONSVILLE. Contains 250 inhabitants, in Clay township, Dearborn county, 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh court house. Aurora, the banking town, is 10 miles northeast. Ship to Dillsboro, distant 4 miles, on the O & M Ry. Simon Conaway, postmaster.

  • Conaway Preston, live stock.
  • Conaway & Niester, General Store.
  • Klausing Henry, blacksmith.
  • McElfresh W, physician.
  • Niester A F, shoemkr.
  • Niles E P, saw mill.
  • Robinson Ann, General Store.
  • Rockafellow Dr, physician.
  • Sink D B, blacksmith.
  • Snyder John, flour mill.
  • Turner Eli H, wagonmkr.
  • Wilson J B, flour mill.

HOLMAN. A hamlet containing 50 inhabitants in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 15 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 4 northeast of Moore’s Hill, its shipping depot, on the O & M Ry. Daily stage to Lawrenceburgh. C H Lewis, postmaster.

  • Lewis C H, general store.
  • Murdock James, blacksmith.

KELSO. A hamlet possessed of 150 inhabitants, located in township of same name, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. Guilford, 7 miles southeast, on the C I St L & C R R, is the shipping station. The village was formerly known as Dover, and supports 1 Catholic church. B N Pheders, postmaster.

  • Andres John, wagonmkr, general store, hotel and grain cradle factory.
  • Barker Edward, wagonmkr.
  • Bregeman B Rev (Catholic).
  • Korti Anton, shoemkr.
  • Merckle J George, builder and contractor.
  • Probst John, justice of the peace.
  • Probst & Doyle, saw mill and blacksmiths.
  • Shafer Philip, general store.
  • Snider Frank, shoemkr.
  • Theders B H, shoemkr.
  • Zimmer Adam, blacksmith.

KYLE. Locally known as Manchester station, is located on C I St L & C R R, in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 9 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. Population 150. James B Pyle, postmaster.

  • Baker W H, flour mill.
  • Claspill R, blacksmith.
  • Craig T E, physician.
  • Crocker W F, general store.
  • Edwards Wm, justice.
  • Emerson Thomas, general store.
  • Heustis O T, saw mill.
  • Johnston George, saw mill.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • McMullen S A, general store.
  • Mendell J H, carpenter.
  • Pyle James B, General Store.
  • Ruble John, justice.
  • Taylor F F, general store.

LAWRENCEVILLE. Dates as a settlement from 1818, and is located in Jackson township, Dearborn county, 20 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 12 southwest of Brookville, the location of nearest bank. Sunman, distant 4 miles, on the C I St L & C R R, is the usual shipping station. The village contains 250 inhabitants, and supports 1 Methodist church. Francis Busald, postmaster.

  • Berger Peter, cigar mnfr.
  • Blasdel Wm H, spoke factory.
  • Boerstler Adam, carpenter.
  • Brandt Charles, basket mnfr.
  • Brose John, carpenter.
  • Busald Francis, General Store.
  • Deal Frank, carpenter.
  • Gudapfel Wm, blacksmith.
  • Haefner John, blacksmith.
  • Hoff George, spoke factory.
  • Hoffman Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Lawrence Jacob S, Agricultural Implements and Saw Mill.
  • Rehm John, shoemkr.
  • Ritzer Andrew, brewer.
  • Sahn Adam, flour and saw mill.
  • Sahn Henry, general store.
  • Theobald John, shoemkr.
  • Trayer John, wagonmkr.
  • Williams George S & Son, tanners.

LOGAN. With a population of 75, is situated in township of same name, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 5 miles west of Harrison, on the W W R R. Logan has a Methodist church and a district school. John F Gibson, postmaster.

  • Brown John H, general store.
  • Gibson John F, General Store and Insurance.
  • Massett Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Reynmyer Caleb, meat market.
  • Rugg C W, justice of the peace.
  • Rugg H C, township trustee.
  • Swales Wilson H, physician.
  • Swales Wilson H Jr, physician.

MANCHESTER. 3 ½ miles from Manchester station, on the C I St L & C R R, in Dearborn county, Manchester township, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house and banking place, contains 150 inhabitants, graded school, Methodist and Universalist churches. Has daily stage communication with Lawrenceburgh; fare 70 cents round trip. Ex, Am. Samuel McMullin, postmaster.

  • Baker’s Sons, flour mill.
  • Carson A L, general store.
  • Clark David H, blacksmith.
  • Claspill R C, blacksmith.
  • Craig T E, physician.
  • Crocker W F, general store.
  • Emerson Thomas, general store.
  • Horbaugh L, tinner.
  • Kelly D D, carpenter.
  • Kennedy James M, carpenter.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • McMullen J L, meat market.
  • McMullin Samuel, General Store.
  • Platt Seth, brick mason.
  • Pummill Wm, wagonmkr.
  • Purlee David, blacksmith.
  • Rebarger Frank, cooper.
  • Riddle John V, agrl implements.
  • Ross Jasper, cooper.
  • Ruble Alexander, shoemkr.
  • Ruble John, justice of the peace.
  • Sinens J C, blacksmith.
  • Steinmetz George W, agrl implements.
  • True R S, wagonmkr.

MOORE’S HILL. Located on the O & M Ry, in Sparta township, Dearborn county, 16 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, 12 miles distant, is the nearest banking town. Population 600. Ex, O & M. J W Hayman, postmaster.

  • Adkins W S, meat market.
  • Adkinson L G Rev, pres Moore’s Hill College.
  • Bowers & Son, druggists and physicians.
  • Canfield J V, wagonmkr and justice.
  • Clark W A, hotel.
  • Darby Thomas, blacksmith.
  • Daughters A P, Physician.
  • Ferritor Thomas, agt O & M Ry and Ex Co.
  • French John S, undertaker and livery.
  • Gault H B, general store.
  • Hancock E, boots and shoes.
  • Hayman J W, General Store.
  • Holcomb S D, milliner.
  • Jennings & Noble, general store.
  • Johnson C W, harness and saddlemkr.
  • Jones T C, cooper.
  • Lambertson J W, general store and justice.
  • Loyd O M, live stock.
  • Moore G W, general store.
  • Moore H D, General Store.
  • Noble J H, carpenter and undertaker.
  • Palmer H J, jeweler.
  • Pennington J C, lumber.
  • Rosser David, druggist and physician.
  • Schabel George, stoves and tinware.
  • Spencer J F, physician.

NEW ALSACE. A prosperous German settlement of about 500 inhabitants, in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 15 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and nearest banking town. Weisburgh station, on the C I St L & C R R, 3 miles southwest, is the shipping point. Andrew Gaffga, postmaster.

  • Benz Michael, meat market.
  • Blattner Anton, general store and saloon.
  • Burgermeister A, shoemkr.
  • Evan John, wagonmkr.
  • Fette Gerhardt, Flour Mill.
  • Gaffga A, Cigar Mnfr.
  • Gaffga Jacob, saloon.
  • Gensheimer John, carpenter and undertaker.
  • Hilbert George, general store.
  • Kichler John, blacksmith.
  • Klump Cornelius, blacksmith.
  • Krass Anton, cooper.
  • Labby Wm, general store and saloon.
  • Lang Mathias, carpenter.
  • Lods Charles, lumber.
  • Meyer Martin, Brewer.
  • Morgan Frederick, shoemkr.
  • Radcliffe E M, physician.
  • Schwendemanu Frederick, stoves and tinware.
  • Siebmann P Rev, clergyman.
  • Stemler Sebastian, carpenter.
  • Stenger John A, shoemkr.
  • Vogelgesang Cilia, saloon.
  • Werst Peter & Co, General Store.
  • Wolter George, barber.
  • Zix Michael, brewer.

SAINT LEON. 5 miles south of its shipping point (New Trenton), on the W W R R, in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 18 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house. Brookville, 17 miles distant, is the bank location. Christ Meder, postmaster.

  • Bolach J Mrs, general store.
  • Bruder Basil, cooper.
  • Chans Charles, blacksmith.
  • Doerfline Henry, blacksmith.
  • Donolan Wm, justice.
  • Gabriel John Rev (Catholic).
  • Hilbert John, wagonmkr.
  • Hoffler Martin, shoemkr.
  • Meder Christ, General Store.
  • Raty Joseph, carpenter.
  • Schumann Joseph, general store.
  • Singer John, carpenter.
  • Stenger Charles, carpenter.
  • Stenger Christopher, shoemkr.
  • Stenger John C, Flour Mill.
  • Stenger Joseph, general store.

SPARTA. In Sparta township, county of Dearborn, 3 miles west of Moore’s Hill, on the O & M Ry, the nearest shipping point, and 14 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. The nearest bank is at Aurora. Population 100. Fred Slater, postmaster.

  • Bedunah Joseph W, carpenter.
  • Chamberlain S B, physician.
  • Heustis W P, feed mill.
  • Huston James, blacksmith.
  • Johnson John W, justice.
  • Slater F & Son, General Store.

VOGEL. A rural postoffice, on C I St L & C R R, in York township, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house, the banking town. Valentine Vogel, postmaster.

  • Smith Cunrad, General Store.

WEISBURGH. Located on the C I St L & C R R, 38 miles northwest of Cincinnati, in Jackson township, Dearborn county, is a village of 150 inhabitants. Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and nearest bank location, is 16 miles southeast. Hay and grain are shipped. Am Ex. H Chairsell, postmaster.

  • Althoff C H Rev (Lutheran).
  • Anderson Wm B, cooper.
  • Bauermeister Wm Rev (Lutheran).
  • Buchert James, hotel and saloon.
  • Cairns John, justice of the peace.
  • Chairsell H, General Store.
  • Fermier Pierre, physician.
  • Gutzwiller Philip, blacksmith.
  • Hilbert G, wagonmkr.
  • Leimkuhler Wm, blacksmith and wagonmkr.
  • Minneman F H, agrl implements.
  • Oelker C, cabinetmkr.
  • Rohlfing Fred H, notary public.
  • Schweitzer R H, General Store.
  • Stohlman Louis, harnessmkr.
  • Stumpke Frederick, boots and shoes.
  • Tiedeman Christian, wagonmkr.
  • Weis Christian, lumber.
  • Weis Philip, flour mill.

WILMINGTON. Located in Hogan township, Dearborn county, 2 ½ miles from the Ohio river, and 1 from the O & M Ry, 7 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, 2 ½ miles east, is the banking town and shipping depot. Population 359. Mrs. Eliza A Hilpheustine, postmaster.

  • Armstrong John, carpenter.
  • Boardman B P, general store.
  • Bradford C H, painter.
  • Brown R D, lawyer.
  • Bunyon James, carpenter.
  • Cottingham T W, dry goods and blacksmith.
  • Dunn Wm H, physician.
  • Elder John, feather renovator.
  • Goodrich M, confectioner.
  • Haynes John D, lawyer.
  • Hilphenstine Eliza A, Music Teacher.
  • Hilphenstine James Q, organs.
  • Jackson John, shoemkr.
  • Miller O P, druggist.
  • Newby Jacob, carpenter.
  • Powell T B, carpenter.
  • Truitts J M & Son, contractors.
  • Wilson John, live stock.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS. A place of about 100 inhabitants, in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 8 miles west of Lawrenceburgh court house, bank and shipping point. Grain, hay and cattle are shipped. Daily stage to Lawrenceburgh. M P House, postmaster.

  • Bennett John, shoemkr.
  • Carson A S, justice of the peace.
  • Clarks B S, blacksmith.
  • Clark D H, blacksmith.
  • Devore D G, general store.
  • Duncan D, shoemkr.
  • Hall G W, meat market.
  • House M P, Postmaster.
  • Howerton A, painter.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • McIlwain R, blacksmith.
  • Mandell J H, carpenter.
  • Mendell Wm, carpenter.
  • Powell & Heustis, saw mill.
  • Ruble John, painter.
  • True R S, wagonmkr.

YORKVILLE. Population 90, located in York township, Dearborn county, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the seat of justice and nearest banking town, and 4 ½ miles northwest of Guilford, on C I St L & C R R, the shipping point. M Reidinger, postmaster.

  • Dumont M R, blacksmith.
  • Hagar W, furniture.
  • Hornback Alias, general store.
  • Miller Frances Mrs, general store.
  • Miller John, blacksmith.
  • Nordmeier H, boots and shoes.
  • Reidinger M, Township Trustee.
  • Steinmetz M Mrs, saloon.

Dearborn County – 1882 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Polk’s Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1882-83. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1882.
Digital Copy at Internet Archive

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

DEARBORN CO.—Lawrenceburgh the county seat. Clerk, Warren Tebbs. Sheriff, John C. Sims. Treasurer, William H. Kyle. Auditor, Alexander B. Pattison. Recorder, George C. Columbia. Coroner, Charles J. B. Ratjen. Surveyor, Samuel Allen.

AVENTON. Is a small hamlet location in Harrison township, Dearborn county, 17 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Harrison, O., 3 miles south, on the W. W. V. R. R., is the nearest rail approach. Population 50. Produce is marketed. James Stewart, postmaster.

  • [unreadable] David, grocer and carpenter.
  • Goble Iden, lime manufacturer.
  • Klemm George, shoemaker.
  • Stephens Joseph, carpenter.
  • Stevens James, Postmaster.

BRIGHT. Or Bunkum, as the place was formerly called, has a population of 90, and is located in Harrison township, Dearborn county, 11 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. Harrison O, 4 miles northeast, on the W. W. R. R., is the nearest rail approach. Joseph Haddock, postmaster.

  • Haddock Joseph, Postmaster.
  • Houk A, wagonmaker.
  • Howlin Henry, general store.
  • Hurgitt Thomas Rev, (Methodist).
  • Ingham Thomas, shoemaker.
  • Judd J C, carpenter.
  • Kibbey David, general store.
  • Liddie William, general store.
  • Siddle J R, Physician.
  • Swales C A, blacksmith.
  • Whipple A B, blacksmith.
  • Wilson J A, lawyer.

COCHRAN. In Centre township, Dearborn county, with 1,025 inhabitants, is a village located on the O. & M. R’y, 5 miles southwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat. Banking facilities at Aurora, distant 2 miles. There are located here the O. & M. car shops, a chair factory, and a Methodist church. Ex., O. & M. Abram P. Shutts, postmaster.

  • Bloomer George, hotel, boots and shoes.
  • Gegoldt G, meat market.
  • Green J C, general store.
  • Hames & Criswell, Meat Market.
  • Live H & Co, chair manufacturers.
  • McConnell William, constable.
  • Opperman F, General Store.
  • Peppergon Joseph, pottery.
  • Pickelhimer M S, notary public.
  • Right J C Rev, (Methodist).
  • Shutts Abram P, Shoemaker and Stationer.
  • Sieferman John, blacksmith.
  • Stanford L D, grocer and justice.
  • Wheeler J M, general store.
  • Wright J C, carpenter.

COLD SPRING.  A station and post office on the O. & M. R’y., located in Sparta township, Dearborn county, 16 miles west of Lawrenceburg, the county seat. Nearest bank at Aurora, distant 14 miles. With a population of 100, the village supports Methodist, Lutheran and Baptist churches. Produce and lumber are exports. O. & M. Ex. W. U. Tel. J. W. Livingston, postmaster.

  • Christy John, wagonmaker.
  • Crippky H, blacksmith.
  • Demand B, painter.
  • Homan F, general store.
  • Livingston J W, Postmaster.
  • Loftus Thomas, R R and ex agt.
  • Marshall J W Rev, clergyman.
  • Mulford William C, justice of the peace.
  • Sheuermann H, constable.

DARLING. Formerly known as Manchester, is a postoffice and station on the C. I., St. L. & C. R. R., in York township, Dearborn county, 10 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat and banking town. Population, 25. Ships produce. Am. Ex. August Graf, postmaster, general store. R. R. and ex. agt.

DILLSBOROUGH. Settled in 1830, is a prosperous village of 500 inhabitants, located on O. & M. R’y., in Clay township, Dearborn county, 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, distant 10 miles, is the location of nearest bank. Methodist and Lutheran churches are sustained and produce shipped. Daily stage to Farmers’ Retreat and Friendship. Ex., O. & M, Tel., W. U. William Rowland, postmaster.

  • Calvert J M, jeweler.
  • Ginter Frederick, shoemaker.
  • Hartley J L, General Store.
  • Hubbard G M, druggist.
  • Kamping H, merchant tailor.
  • Lathrop W R Rev, (Methodist).
  • Lord T J, physician.
  • Milford O P M, blacksmith.
  • Neasta A H, shoemaker.
  • Oetjan John Rev (Methodist).
  • Perlee D, blacksmith.
  • Perlee William, wagonmaker.
  • Pohle William, blacksmith.
  • Roberts L, tinner.
  • Roberts & Suits, flour mill.
  • Rowland William, Druggist.
  • Rudisill S, harnessmaker.
  • Sale F H, physician.
  • Sale J H, physician.
  • Scudder Thomas, undertaker.
  • Stevenson F M, R R and ex agt.
  • Stewer William, notions.
  • Teke W E, saloon.
  • Tellas John, livery
  • Tholke Frederick, general store.
  • Tholke Henry, wagonmaker.
  • Vandolat J C & Co, general store.
  • Veit L, hotel.
  • Weaver S M, physician.
  • Withrow W W, General Store.
  • Ziegenbine Christ, general store.

DOVER. Dearborn county. (See Kelso.)

FARMERS’ RETREAT. Once called Opptown, contains 100 inhabitants, in Cesar Creek township, Dearborn county, 20 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, distant 18 miles, has the nearest bank. Dillsborough Station, 7 miles northeast on the O. & M. R. R., is the shipping station. Methodist and Lutheran churches are supported. Daily stage to Dillsborough; fare 40 cents. Anthony Opp, postmaster.

  • Barkley J M, physician.
  • Bosse Garrett, general store.
  • Bulthaup H, township trustee.
  • Campbell William R, justice of the peace.
  • Doctor Frederick, blacksmith.
  • Hess David, cooper.
  • Kretzman C Rev, (Lutheran).
  • Kuhlmier Henry, harness.
  • Oetzen John Rev, (Methodist).
  • Opp Anthony, General Store and Cooper.
  • Opp Anthony & Son, Agricultural Implements.
  • Opp Charles, news dealer.
  • Pate James W, live stock.
  • Schuette Frederick, shoemaker.
  • Stapel E H, General Store.

GREENDALE. Is a manufacturing suburb of Lawrenceburg, located 1 mile from the town on the C., I., St. L. & C. R. R. in Dearborn county. Population, 400. Furniture and whisky are the exports. Banks, express and telegraph offices are at Lawrenceburg. Harry Dobell, postmaster.

  • Dobell E B, furniture manufacturer and grocer.
  • Dobell Harry, Grocer.
  • Oester Nicholas, Distiller.
  • Squibb W P & Co, distillers.
  • Walsh N J, distiller.
  • Young Andrew, justice.

GUILFORD. On the C., I., St. L. & C. R’y, in York township, Dearborn county, with 250 inhabitants, is a village located 8 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. The place contains a Methodist church and exports produce and plows. Ex., Am. Tel., W. U. C. W. Robertson, postmaster.

  • Becker Philip, justice of the peace.
  • Bledsoe H, produce.
  • Cole F, blacksmith.
  • Collins L J, physician.
  • Dowden V, justice of the peace.
  • Duming Jennie Miss, Milliner.
  • Edwards C C Rev, (Methodist).
  • Ewbank Emma Miss, milliner.
  • Hargitt R, general store and ex agt.
  • Lofenby William, justice of the peace.
  • Miller George, blacksmith.
  • Robertson C W, General Store.
  • Vincent H C, physician.
  • Vogle C, sewing machines.
  • Voglesang N, wagonmaker.
  • Washborn M E, R R agt.

GUIONSVILLE. Contains 250 inhabitants, in Clay township, Dearborn county, 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh court house. Aurora, the usual place of shipment and banking town, is 10 miles northeast. One flour mill derives power from Laughrey Creek. Simon Conaway, postmaster.

  • Conaway Hamilton, lawyer.
  • Conaway Preston, live stock.
  • Conaway R P, live stock.
  • Conaway & Niester, General Store.
  • Disbro C C, veterinary surgeon.
  • Klausing Henry, blacksmith.
  • McEliresh W, physician.
  • Niester A F, shoemaker.
  • Niles E P, saw mill.
  • Robinson Ann, General Store.
  • Rockafellow Dr, physician.
  • Sink D B, blacksmith.
  • Snyder John, flour mill.
  • Turner Eli H, wagonmaker.
  • Willey William E, plasterer.
  • Wilson J B, flour mill.

HOLMAN. A hamlet containing 50 inhabitants, in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 15 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 4 northeast of Moore’s Hill, its shipping depot, on the O. & M. R’y. Daily stage to Lawrenceburgh. George W. Hall, postmaster, general store, live stock, and meat market.

KELSO. A hamlet possessed of 150 inhabitants, located in township of same name, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and banking town. Guilford, 7 miles southeast on the C., I., St. L. & C. R. R., is the shipping station. The village was formerly known as Dover, and supports 1 Catholic church. Thomas G. Murtaugh, postmaster.

  • Andres John, wagonmaker, general store, hotel and grain cradle factory.
  • Barker Edward, wagonmaker.
  • Bregeman B Rev, (Catholic).
  • Korti Anton, shoemaker.
  • Merckle J George, builder and contractor.
  • Murtaugh T G & C C, General Store.
  • Probst John, justice of the peace.
  • Probst & Doyle, sawmill and blacksmiths.
  • Shafer Philip, general store.
  • Snider Frank, shoemaker.
  • Theders B H, shoemaker.
  • Zimmer Adam, blacksmith.

LAWRENCEVILLE. Dates as a settlement from 1818, and is located in Jackson township, Dearborn county, 20 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 12 southwest of Brookville, the location of nearest bank, Sunman, distant 4 miles, on the C., I., St. L. & C. R. R., is the usual shipping station. The village contains 200 inhabitants and supports 1 Methodist church. Francis Busald, postmaster.

  • Boerstler Adam, carpenter.
  • Brandt Charles, basket manufacturer.
  • Brose John, carpenter.
  • Busald Francis, General Store.
  • Deal Frank, carpenter.
  • Haefner John, blacksmith.
  • Hoffman Jacob, general store.
  • Hoffman Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Lawrence Jacob S, Agricultural Implements and Saw Mill.
  • Rehm John, shoemaker.
  • Ritzer Andrew, brewer.
  • Sahn Adam, flour and saw mill.
  • Snite Peter, blacksmith.
  • Theobald John, shoemaker.
  • Trayer John, wagonmaker.
  • Williams George S & Son, tanners.

LOGAN. With a population of 75, is situated in township of same name, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 5 miles west of Harrison, on the W. W. R. R. Logan has a Methodist church and a district school. John F. Gibson, postmaster.

  • Fagley & Brown, general store.
  • Gibson John F, General Store and Insurance.
  • Massett Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Reynmyer Caleb, meat market.
  • Rugg C W, justice of the peace.
  • Rugg H C, township trustee.
  • Swales Wilson H, physician.
  • Swales Wilson H jr, physician.

MANCHESTER. Three and one-half miles from Manchester station, on the C., I., St. L. & C. R. R, in Dearborn county, Manchester township, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house and banking place, contains 150 inhabitants, graded school, Methodist and Universalist churches. Has daily stage communication with Lawrenceburgh; fare, 70 cents round trip. Ex., Am. Samuel McMullin, postmaster.

  • Carson A L, general store.
  • Clark David H, blacksmith.
  • Claspill R C, blacksmith.
  • Craig T E, physician.
  • Crocker W F, general store.
  • Gettle Jacob, blacksmith.
  • Gorby S S, General Store.
  • Groff A, R R and ex agt.
  • Haynes & Conger, flour mill.
  • Horbaugh L, tinner.
  • Kennedy James M, carpenter.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • Lathrap J R T Rev, (Methodist).
  • McMullen J L, meat market.
  • McMullin Samuel, General Store.
  • Platt Seth, brick mason.
  • Purlee David, blacksmith.
  • Rebarger Frank, cooper.
  • Riddle John V, agricultural implements.
  • Ross Jasper, cooper.
  • Ruble Alexander, shoemaker.
  • Ruble John, justice of the peace.
  • Sinens J C, blacksmith.
  • Steinmetz George W, agricultural implements.
  • True R S, wagonmaker.

MOORE’S HILL. Located on the O. & M. R’y, in Sparta township, Dearborn county, 16 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, 12 miles distant, is the nearest banking place. Population, 500. Ex., O. & M. J. W. Hayman, postmaster.

  • Adkins Bros, meat market.
  • Bowers A J, druggist and physician.
  • Canfield J V, wagonmaker and justice.
  • Clark W A, hotel.
  • Cotton Joseph Rev, (Methodist).
  • Darby Thomas, blacksmith.
  • Daughters A P, General Store and Physician.
  • Ferritor Thomas, agt O & M R’y and Ex Company.
  • French John S, undertaker and livery.
  • Gault H B, general store.
  • Hancock E, boots and shoes.
  • Hayman J W, General Store.
  • Holcomb S D, milliner.
  • Jennings & Noble, general store.
  • Johnson C W, harness and saddlemaker.
  • John J P D, prest Moore’s Hill College.
  • Jones T C, cooper.
  • Lambertson J W, general store and justice.
  • Lowe John, carpenter.
  • Loyd O M, live stock.
  • Moore H D, General Store.
  • Noble J H, carpenter and undertaker.
  • Pennington J C, lumber.
  • Risinger H, jeweler.
  • Rosser David, druggist.
  • Schabel George, stoves and tinware.
  • Spencer J F, physician.
  • Wilson O G, saw mill.

NEW ALSACE. A prosperous German settlement of about 400 inhabitants, in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 15 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat and nearest banking town. Weisburg station, on the hC., I., St. L. & C. R. R., 3 miles southwest, is the shipping point. Peter Werst, postmaster.

  • Benz Michael, meat market.
  • Blattner Anton, general store and saloon.
  • Burgermeister A, shoemaker.
  • Evan John, wagonmaker.
  • Fette Gerhardt, Flour Mill.
  • Gatlga A, cigar manufacturer.
  • Gensheimer John, carpenter and undertaker.
  • Hilbert George, general store.
  • Kichler John, blacksmith.
  • Klump Cornelius, blacksmith.
  • Krass Anton, cooper.
  • Labby William, general store and saloon.
  • Lang Mathias, carpenter.
  • Meyer Martin, Brewer.
  • Morgan Frederick, shoemaker.
  • Radcliffe E M, physician.
  • Schwendemann Fred, stoves and tinware.
  • Siebmann P Rev, clergyman.
  • Stemler Sebastian, carpenter.
  • Stenger John A, shoemaker.
  • Werst Peter, Postmaster.
  • Werst Peter & Co, General Store.
  • Wolter George, barber.
  • Zix Michael, brewer.

SAINT LEON. Five miles south of its shipping point (New Trenton,) on the W. W. R. R., in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 18 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house. Brookville, 17 miles distant is the bank location. Christ Meder, postmaster.

  • Bolach J Mrs, general store.
  • Bruder Basil, cooper.
  • Doerfline Henry, blacksmith.
  • Donolan William, justice.
  • Gabriel John Rev, (Catholic).
  • Hilbert John, wagonmaker.
  • Hoffler Martin, shoemaker.
  • Meder Christ, General Store.
  • Probst John, justice.
  • Stenger Charles, carpenter.
  • Stenger Christopher, shoemaker.
  • Stenger John C, Flour Mill.
  • Stenger Joseph, general store.
  • Stenger Peter, blacksmith.
  • Wells Charles, cooper.

SPARTA. In Sparta township, county of Dearborn, 3 miles west of Moore’s Hill, on the O. & M. R’y, the nearest shipping point, and 14 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. The nearest bank is at Aurora. Population, 100. Fred Slater, postmaster.

  • Bedunah Joseph W, carpenter.
  • Chamberlain S B, physician.
  • Huston James, blacksmith.
  • Johnson John W, justice
  • Slater F & Son, General Store.

VOGEL. A rural postoffice, until about 1 year ago, was called Harrman’s station, on C., I., St. L. & C. R. R., in York township, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house and bank. Valentine Vogel, postmaster.

  • Smith Cunrad, General Store.

WEISBURGH. Located on the C., I., St. L.  C. R. R., 38 miles northwest of Cincinnati, in Jackson township, Dearborn county, is a village of 150 inhabitants. Lawrenceburgh, the county seat and nearest bank location, is 16 miles southeast. Hay and grain are shipped. Am. Ex. H. Chairsell, postmaster.

  • Althoff C H Rev, (Lutheran).
  • Anderson William B, cooper.
  • Bauermeister William Rev, (Lutheran).
  • Buchert James, hotel and saloon.
  • Buchert Martin, township trustee.
  • Cairns John, justice of the peace.
  • Chairsell H, General Store.
  • Fermier Pierre, physician.
  • Gutzwiller Philip, blacksmith.
  • Hilbert G, wagonmaker.
  • Leimkuhler William, blacksmith and wagonmaker.
  • Minneman F H, agricultural implements.
  • Oelker C, cabinetmaker.
  • Rohlfing Fred H, notary public.
  • Schweitzer R H, General Store.
  • Stohlman Louis, harnessmaker.
  • Stumpke Frederick, boots and shoes.
  • Tiedeman Christian, wagonmaker.
  • Walters John F, saloon.
  • Weis Christian, lumber.
  • Weis Philip, flour mill.

WILMINGTON. Located in Hogan township, Dearborn county, 2 ½ miles from the Ohio river, and 1 from the O. & M. R’y, 7 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Aurora, 2 ½ miles east, is the banking town and shipping depot. Population, 350. Mrs. Eliza A. Hilphenstine, postmaster.

  • Barnhart Joseph, wagonmaker.
  • Boardman B P, general store.
  • Bradford C H, painter.
  • Brown R D, lawyer.
  • Cottingham T W, dry goods and blacksmith.
  • Dunn William H, physician.
  • Goodrich M, confectioner.
  • Haynes John D, lawyer.
  • Hilphenstine Eliza A, Music Teacher.
  • Hilphenstine H H, live stock.
  • Hilphenstine James Q, organs.
  • House James, justice of the peace.
  • Jackson John, shoemaker.
  • Miller O P, druggist.
  • Newby Jacob, carpenter.
  • Snell Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Stockwell Samuel, physician.
  • Taylor William, General Store.
  • Thompson J N Rev, (Methodist).
  • Truitts I M, township trustee.
  • Wilson John, live stock.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS. A place of about 100 inhabitants, in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 8 miles west of Lawrenceburgh court house, bank and shipping point. Grain, hay, and cattle are shipped. Daily stage to Lawrenceburgh. M. P. House, postmaster.

  • Bennett John, shoemaker.
  • Carson A S, justice of the peace.
  • Clark B S, blacksmith.
  • Clark D H, blacksmith.
  • Devore D G, general store.
  • Duncan D, shoemaker.
  • Heustis O T, soda manufacturer.
  • House M P, Postmaster.
  • Howerton A, painter.
  • Jackson A D, carpenter.
  • Johnson J & Co, flour mill.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • Mellwain J H, carpenter.
  • Mendell William, carpenter.
  • Ruble John, painter.
  • Sutton & Powell, Saw Mill.
  • True R S, wagonmaker.

YORKVILLE. Population, 90, located in York township, Dearborn county, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the seat of justice and nearest banking town, and 4 ½ miles northwest of Guilford, on C., I., St. L. & C. R. R., the shipping point. M. Reidinger, postmaster.

  • Graff August, general store.
  • Hagar W, furniture.
  • Miller Francis Mrs, general store.
  • Miller John, blacksmith.
  • Reidinger M, Township Trustee.
  • Steinmetz Michael, saloon.
  • Tschaenn A, shoemaker.

Dearborn County – 1880 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1880-81. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1880.
Digital Copy at Internet Archive – Part 1 and Part 2

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

DEARBORN CO.—Lawrenceburgh the county seat. Clerk, Warren Tebbs. Sheriff, Elijah Christopher. Treasurer, William H. Kyle. Auditor, Alexander B. Pattison. Recorder, George C., Columbia. Coroner, Robert H. Davis. Surveyor, S. M. Kennedy.

AVENTON. Established as a post office in 1880, is a small hamlet in Dearborn county, 17 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Harrison, O., 3 miles east on the W. W. R. R., is the shipping point. Population 50. Grain, lumber and hogs are marketed. Mail tri-weekly. James A. Stewart, postmaster.

  • Klemm George, shoemaker.
  • McManaman J F, Farmer.
  • Stephens Joseph, carpenter.
  • Stewart James A, grocer.

BRIGHT. Sometimes called Bunkum, has a population of 86, and is situated in Harrison township, Dearborn county, 11 miles north of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 4 miles southwest of Harrison, O., on the W. W. R. R. Grain and hogs are exported. Mail daily. Joseph Haddock, postmaster.

  • Aperias Henry, shoemaker.
  • Crim Jeremiah, blacksmith.
  • Hackleman P O, physician.
  • Haddock Joseph, General Store.
  • Houk A, wagonmaker.
  • Hurgitt Thomas Rev (Methodist).
  • Ingham Thomas, shoemaker.
  • Judd J C, carpenter.
  • Liddle Wm, general store.
  • Swales C A, blacksmith.
  • Whipple A B, blacksmith.

BUNKUM. Dearborn county. (See Bright.)

COCHRAN. With a population of 1000, is located in Dearborn county, on the O. & M. Ry., 5 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 2 miles southwest of Aurora, on the Ohio river. The village has a Methodist church, district schools, chair factory and railroad car shops. Chairs are the principle exports. Mail daily. Abram P. Shutts, postmaster.

  • Gegoldt G, meat market.
  • Hames & Crisswell, meat market.
  • Live H & Co, chair mnfrs.
  • McConnell Wm, constable.
  • Mills B F, general store.
  • Opperman F, general store.
  • Pickelheimer M S, notary public.
  • Right J C Rev (Methodist).
  • Shutts Abram P, Shoemaker and Stationer.
  • Sieferman John, blacksmith.
  • Stanford L D, grocer and justice.
  • Wheeler J M, general store.

COLD SPRING. Sparta township, Dearborn county, is a postoffice and station on the O. & M. Ry., 16 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. The village has three churches—Methodist, Lutheran and Baptist. Express, O. & M. Mail daily. Sallie M. Shutts, postmaster.

  • Boesker H, grain dealer.
  • Chance E, constable.
  • Christy John, wagonmaker.
  • Grippky H, blacksmith.
  • Homan F, general store.
  • Marshall J W Rev, clergyman.
  • Shutts Sallie M, Dressmaker.
  • Smith A, justice of the peace.
  • Wright J B, R R and Ex agent.

DARLING. Name of postoffice at Manchester station on the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., in Dearborn county, 10 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat. The place has but a small population. In the vicinity there is a Methodist church and district school. Express, American. Mail daily. E. O. Crocker, postmaster.

  • Bihe John, saw mill.
  • Crocker E O, General Store, R R and Ex Agt.

DILLSBOROUGH. One and a quarter miles from station of same name, on O. & M. Ry, in Dearborn county, is located 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. With a population of 650 Dillsborough has two churches—Methodist and Lutheran—and graded school. Stage daily for Farmers’ Retreat—fare 40 cents; Friendship—fare 60 cents. Express, O. & M. Daily mail. Wm. Rowland, postmaster.

  • Calvert J N, jeweler.
  • Cochran George Rev (Methodist).
  • Ellerbrook L, blacksmith.
  • Ginter Fred, shoemaker.
  • Gullett & Burroughs, flour mill.
  • Hartley J L, general store.
  • Hess Thomas, justice of the peace.
  • Hubbard G M, druggist.
  • Kamping H, merchant tailor.
  • Lord T J, physician.
  • Neasta A H, shoemaker.
  • Perlee D, blacksmith.
  • Roberts L, tinner.
  • Roser John J Rev (Methodist).
  • Rowland Wm, Druggist.
  • Rudisill S, harnessmaker.
  • Sale F H, physician.
  • Sale J H, physician.
  • Scudder Thomas, undertaker.
  • Stevenson F M, R R and Ex agent.
  • Stewer Wm, notions.
  • Teke W E, saloon.
  • Tellas John, livery.
  • Tholke Fred, general store.
  • Vandolat J C & Co, general store.
  • Veit L, hotel.
  • Weaver S M, physician.
  • Withrow W W, general store.
  • Young T A & J A, general store.

DILLSBOUROUGH STATION. Dearborn county. (See Dillsborough.)

DOVER.  Dearborn county. (See Kelso.)

FARMERS’ RETREAT. Originally known as Opp Town, is a village of 100 population, in Dearborn county, 20 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 7 miles southwest of Dillsborough, on the O. & M. Ry. The place has two religious societies—Methodist and Lutheran. Daily mail stage to Dillsborough—fare 50c. Anthony Opp, postmaster.

  • Barkley J M, physician.
  • Bosse Garrett, general store.
  • Campbell Wm R, justice of the peace.
  • Doctor Fred, blacksmith.
  • Kuhlmier Henry, harness.
  • Opp Anthony, general store.
  • Opp Anthony & Son, Agricultural Implements.
  • Pate James W, live stock.
  • Stapel E H, general store.
  • Wickmann T Rev (Lutheran).

GUILFORD. A village of 200 inhabitants situated in Dearborn county, on C. I. St. L. & C. R. R. 7 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, contains a Methodist society and district school. Express, American. Mail daily. C. W. Robertson, postmaster.

  • Becker Philip, justice of the peace.
  • Cole F, blacksmith.
  • Collins I J, physician.
  • Dowden V, justice of the peace.
  • Ferrie Thomas, shoemaker.
  • Hargitt R, general store and railroad agt.
  • Lofenby Wm, justice of the peace.
  • Lee C W Rev (Methodist).
  • Robertson C W, General Store.
  • Vincent H C, physician.
  • Vogle C, blacksmith.
  • Vogelsang N, wagonmaker.
  • Williams J P Rev (Methodist).

GUIONSVILLE. Population 250, located in Clay township, Dearborn county, 14 miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh court house and 4 south of Dillsborough, on the O. & M. Ry, which is its shipping point. Laughrey creek furnishes power to drive one flour mill. Mail tri-weekly. Simon Conaway, postmaster.

  • Conaway Hamilton, lawyer.
  • Conaway Preston, live stock.
  • Conaway R P, live stock.
  • Conaway & Niester, General Store.
  • Disbro C C, veterinary surgeon.
  • Elfers John, physician.
  • French Peter, general store.
  • Klausing Henry, blacksmith.
  • Niles E P, saw mill.
  • Rockafellow Dr, physician.
  • Sink D B, blacksmith.
  • Snyder John, flour mill.
  • Turner Eli H, wagonmaker.

HARMANNS STATION. On the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., in York township, Dearborn county, is a country post office and flag station, located 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Mail daily.

HOLMAN. A small place in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 15 miles west of Lawrenceburgh court house, contains 50 inhabitants, district school, Baptist and Methodist churches. Moore’s Hill, on the O. & M. Ry, 4 miles southwest, is the shipping point. Mail daily by stage from Lawrenceburgh. George W. Hall, postmaster, general store and meat market.

KELSO. Formerly called Dover, with 150 inhabitants, is in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, and 7 miles northwest of Guilford on the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., its shipping point. Has Catholic church and school. Mail semi-weekly. Wm. Swift, postmaster.

  • Andres John, wagonmaker.
  • Barker Edward, wagonmaker.
  • Bregeman B Father Rev (Catholic).
  • Hammerle B, hotel.
  • Hammerle Joseph, general store.
  • Korti Anton, shoemaker.
  • Merkle John, constable.
  • Murtaugh James, general store.
  • Probts John, justice of the peace.
  • Probts & Doyle, blacksmiths.
  • Shafer Philip, general store.
  • Snider Frank, shoemaker.
  • Swift Wm, Postmaster.
  • Theders B H, shoemaker.
  • Zimmer Adam, blacksmith.

LAWRENCEVILLE. With a population of 200, is situated in Jackson township, Dearborn county, 4 ½ miles north of Weisburg, its shipping point, on the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., and 20 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg court house, contains a Methodist society and graded school. Mail tri-weekly. Francis Busald, postmaster.

  • Boerstler Adam, carpenter.
  • Brandt Charles, basket mnfr.
  • Brose John, carpenter.
  • Busald Francis, General Store.
  • Haefner John, blacksmith.
  • Hoff John, teacher.
  • Hoffman Jacob, general store.
  • Hoffman Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Luther George J, teacher.
  • Peter George, carpenter.
  • Rehm John, shoemaker.
  • Sahm Adam, flour and saw mill.
  • Theobald John, shoemaker.
  • Trager John, wagonmaker.
  • Williams George S, tanner.

LOGAN. Known locally as Logan Cross Roads, with a population of 75, is situated in township of same name, Dearborn County, 14 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and 5 miles west of Harrison, on the W. W. R. R. Logan has a Methodist church and district school. Mail received tri-weekly in summer, and semi-weekly in winter. John F. Gibson, postmaster.

  • Fagley Wm S, general store.
  • Gibson John F, General Store.
  • Rugg C W, justice of the peace.
  • Swales Wilson H sr, physician.
  • Swales Wilson H jr, physician.

MANCHESTER. Three miles south of Manchester station, the shipping depot, on the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., contains 150 inhabitants, graded school, Methodist and Universalist churches, and is situated in township of same name, county of Dearborn, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Express, American. Mail daily. Samuel McMullin, postmaster.

  • Cappell Henry, cigars and tobacco.
  • Clark David H, blacksmith.
  • Claspill R C, blacksmith.
  • Craig T E, physician.
  • Crocker W F, general store.
  • Dunn Wm, Carpenter.
  • Gorby S S, general store.
  • Griffith George, cooper.
  • Harris N Rev (Methodist).
  • Haynes & Conger, flour mill.
  • Horbaugh L, tinner.
  • Kennedy James M, carpenter.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • Linems J C, blacksmith.
  • McMullen J L, meat market.
  • McMullen Samuel, General Store.
  • Morton & Claspill, harness.
  • Pummell Wm, painter.
  • Purlee David, blacksmith.
  • Riddle John V, agrl implts.
  • Ross Jasper, cooper.
  • Ruble Alexander, shoemaker.
  • Ruble John, justice of the peace.
  • Steinmetz George W, agrl implts.
  • True R S, wagonmaker.

MANCHESTER STATION. Dearborn county. (See Darling.)

MOORE’S HILL. Has a location on the O. & M. Ry., in Sparta township, Dearborn county, 16 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat. Contains 600 inhabitants, Methodist church and graded school. Express, Ohio & Mississippi. Mail daily. J. W. Hayman, postmaster.

  • Adkins W R, meat market.
  • Adkinson A W Rev (Methodist).
  • Bowers A J, druggist and physician.
  • Canfield J V, wagonmaker and justice.
  • Clark W A, hotel.
  • Darby Thomas, blacksmith.
  • Daughters A P, general store and physician.
  • Fenton Thomas, agt O & M Ry and Ex Co.
  • French John S, undertaker.
  • Gault H B, general store.
  • Hancock E, boots and shoes.
  • Hayman J W, General Store.
  • Holcomb S D, millinery.
  • Jennings Thomas A, drugs.
  • John J P D, pres Moore’s Hill College.
  • Jones T C, cooper.
  • Lambertson J W, general store and justice.
  • Lowe John, carpenter.
  • Loyd O M, stock dealer.
  • Moore H D, general store.
  • Noble J H, carpenter and undertaker.
  • Pennington J C, live stock.
  • Pettit N C Rev (Baptist).
  • Risinger E, jeweler.
  • Schoble George, stoves and tinware.
  • Spencer J F, physician.
  • Stoneking David, saddler.
  • Wilson O G, saw mill.

NEW ALSACE. An enterprising German settlement of 500 inhabitants, in Kelso township, Dearborn county, 15 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, and 3 northeast of Weisburg Station, on C. I. St. L. & C. R. R. The village contains Catholic church and three schools. Its chief exports are hay, wheat, potatoes, hogs and cattle. Mail is received tri-weekly. Peter Werst, postmaster.

  • Benz Michael, meat market.
  • Blattner August, general store and saloon.
  • Burgermeister A, shoemaker.
  • Evan John, stoves and tinware.
  • Fette Gerhardt, Flour Mill.
  • Freeland John P, physician.
  • Gebhart Jacob, hotel and undertaker.
  • Gensheimer John, carpenter.
  • Glaab John, cooper.
  • Coffga A, cigar mnfg.
  • Hilbert George, general store.
  • Kichler John, blacksmith.
  • Klump Cornelius, blacksmith.
  • Krass Anton, cooper.
  • Labby Wm, general store and saloon.
  • Lang Mathias, carpenter.
  • Meyer Martin, Brewer.
  • Morgan Frederick, shoemaker.
  • Schwendemann Fred, stoves and tinware.
  • Stemler Sebastian, carpenter.
  • Stenger John A, shoemaker.
  • Werst Peter & Co, General Store.
  • Wolter George, barber.
  • Zix Michael, brewer.

SAINT LEON. Five miles south of its shipping point, on the W. W. R. R., in Kelso township, Dearborn county, contains 150 inhabitants, Catholic church and district school, and is located 18 miles northwest of Lawrenceburgh court house. Brookville is the nearest bank location. Mail tri-weekly. Patrick Diver, postmaster.

  • Barnard Charles, shoemaker.
  • Bishoff Alois, miller.
  • Bishoff Leonard, brewer.
  • Bolach J Mrs, general store.
  • Bruder Basil, cooper.
  • Diver Patrick, General Store.
  • Doerfline Henry, blacksmith.
  • Donolan Wm, justice of the peace.
  • Gabriel John Rev (Catholic).
  • Hoffler Martin, shoemaker.
  • Hilbert John, wagonmaker.
  • Probst John, justice of the peace.
  • Stenger Charles, carpenter.
  • Stenger Christopher, shoemaker.
  • Stenger John C, Flour Mill.
  • Stenger Joseph, general store.
  • Stenger Peter, blacksmith.
  • Wells Charles, cooper.

SPARTA. In township of same name, county of Dearborn, is located 3 miles west of Moore’s Hill, the nearest rail approach on O. & M. Ry, and 14 miles west of Lawrenceburgh court house. Contains Baptist church, district school and receives mail tri-weekly. Population, 150. Frederick Slater, postmaster.

  • Bedunah J W, carpenter.
  • Chamberlain S B, physician.
  • Johnson J W, justice of the peace.
  • Slater F & Son, General Store.
  • Tyrrell Frank, blacksmith.

WEISBURGH. Thirty-eight miles northwest of Cincinnati on the C. I. St. L. & C. R. R., in Jackson township, Dearborn county, contains 150 inhabitants, Lutheran church, graded and parochial schools. Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, is 16 miles southeast. Hay and grain are shipped. Express, American, Mail daily. H Chairsell, postmaster.

  • Althoff C H Rev (Lutheran).
  • Bauermeister Wm Rev (Lutheran).
  • Buchert James, hotel and saloon.
  • Chairsell H, General Store.
  • Fermier Pierre, physician.
  • Gutzwiller Philip, blacksmith.
  • Hilbert G, wagonmaker.
  • Minneman F H, agrl implts.
  • Oelker C, cabinetmaker.
  • Schweitzer R H, general store.
  • Stohlman Louis, Harnessmaker.
  • Stumpke Fred, boots and shoes.
  • Walters John F, saloon.
  • Weis Christian, lumber.
  • Weis Philip, flour mill.

WILMINGTON. Two and one-half miles from the Ohio river and 1 from the B. & O. R. R., in Hogan township, Dearborn county, has 350 inhabitants and is situated 7 miles southwest of Lawrenceburg court house and 2 ½ west of Aurora. Contains Methodist church and district school. Mail daily. Elizabeth Livingston, postmaster.

  • Baker T L, general store.
  • Barnhart Joseph, wagonmaker.
  • Boardman B P, general store.
  • Bradford C H, painter.
  • Bridwell Wm & Co, meat market.
  • Brown R D, lawyer.
  • Chisman T L, carpenter.
  • Cottingham T W, blacksmith.
  • Duncan J W, justice of the peace.
  • Dunn Wm H, physician.
  • Goodrich M, confectioner.
  • Haynes John D, Lawyer.
  • Hilphenstine James Q, organs.
  • House James, justice of the peace.
  • Jackson John, shoemaker.
  • Livingston Elizabeth, Notions.
  • Miller O P, druggist.
  • Rawls Edward B Rev (Methodist).
  • Snell Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Taylor Wm, general store.
  • Todd James, wagonmaker.

WRIGHT’S CORNER. A settlement of 100 persons in Manchester township, Dearborn county, 8 miles west of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, location of nearest bank and shipping place, has a district school, Baptist and Methodist churches, and exports hay, grain and cattle. Mail tri-weekly. D. G. Devore, postmaster.

  • Bennett John, shoemaker.
  • Clark D H, blacksmith.
  • Devore D G, General Store.
  • Duncan D, shoemaker.
  • Howerton A, painter.
  • Jackson A D, carpenter.
  • Johnson J & Co, flour mill.
  • Kyle T M, physician.
  • McIlwain R, blacksmith.
  • Mandell J H, carpenter.
  • Mendell Wm, carpenter.
  • Ruble John, justice of the peace.
  • True R S, wagonmaker.

YORKVILLE. With a population of 100, is located in Dearborn county, 12 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, and 4 ½ miles northwest of Guilford, on C. I. St. L. & C. R. R. The village has a Catholic church and district school. Mail semi-weekly. M. Reidinger, postmaster.

  • Bruegeman H Rev (Catholic).
  • Dumont Michael, blacksmith.
  • Eye Joseph jr, saw mill.
  • Graff August, general store.
  • Hagar W, furniture.
  • Miller Francis Mrs, general store.
  • Miller J & G, blacksmiths.
  • Nordmeier H, shoemaker.
  • Reidinger M, postmaster.
  • Steinmetz Albert, blacksmith.
  • Steinmetz Michael, saloon.

Dearborn County – 1862 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
George W. Hawes’ Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1862 and 1863. Indianapolis : G. W. Hawes, 1862.
See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE
A small post village in Dearborn county, situated 20 miles north of Lawrenceburg, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati.

BRIGHT (Saltillo Village)
A post village of Dearborn county, 10 miles north from Lawrenceburg, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati. Population 75.

Also a station of the same name on the Madison and Indianapolis Railway, 8 miles north from Madison.

COCHRAN
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 2 miles west of Aurora, 27 miles west by south from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles southeast from Indianapolis.

DILLSBORO’
A post village of Dearborn county, 1 ½ miles south from the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, 35 miles south-west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

FARMERS’ RETREAT
A post office of Dearborn county, on Hays’ Branch, 17 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. Goods for this vicinity are purchased at Cincinnati, and shipped by river to Aurora. Dillsboro, 4 miles distant, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, is the nearest station.

GUILFORD
A post village of Dearborn county, on Tanner’s creek, and on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 8 miles north-west from Lawrenceburg, 82 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 28 miles west from Cincinnati.

GUIONSVILLE
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

HOLMAN
A post office of Dearborn county, 13 miles from Lawrenceburg, and 74 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

JONES’ STATION
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 14 miles west from Lawrenceburg, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

KELSO
A post village in the northern part of Dearborn county, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LAWRENCEVILLE
A post village of Dearborn county, 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LOGAN
A small post village of Dearborn county 14 miles from Lawrenceburg, 26 miles west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

MANCHESTER
A post village of Dearborn county, 2 miles from the line of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 11 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 38 miles from Cincinnati, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

MOORE’S HILL
A post village of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 18 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 40 miles from Cincinnati, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

NEW ALSACE
A post village of Dearborn county, 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

SAINT LEON
A post office of Dearborn county, about 85 miles east south-east from Indianapolis.

SALTILLO
A post village of Dearborn county, see Bright post office, page 31. Also a station of the same name on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, 12 miles north-west from Salem.

SPARTA
A post office of Dearborn county, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

VAN WEDDEN’S
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 72 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

WILMINGTON
A post village and the former capital of Dearborn county, 6 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg.

WRIGHT’S CORNER
A post village of Dearborn county, in the south-eastern extremity of the State.

YORKVILLE
A post village of Dearborn county, about 84 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

Dearborn County – 1876 Indiana Atlas Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana Business Directory from:
Andreas, A. T. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago : Baskin, Forster and Company, 1876.

DEARBORN COUNTY.

LAWRENCEBURG.

  • D. W. C. FITCH, Banker. President First National Bank, Lawrenceburg.
  • MARSH & EWBANK, Burial Case Manufactory. Manufactures of and Dealers in all kinds of wood Burial Cases and Caskets, Coffin Trimmings, Linings, Robes, etc.
  • A. FRANCIS, Carpenter.
  • W. F. ZIMMERMAN, Cabinet Maker.
  • JACOB STOLL, Cabinet Maker.
  • HENRY FITCH, Cashier First National Bank.
  • JOHN WOLFRUM, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN CHRISTENA, Jr., Cabinet Maker.
  • ISADORE HARRY, Carver Miami Valley Furniture Company.
  • EDWARD SEEKATZ, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOS. HORENZ, Cabinet Maker.
  • GEORGE SCHLEICHER, Jr., Cabinet Maker
  • H. HODEL, Cabinet Maker.
  • H. SCHRADER, Cabinet Maker.
  • ASA OLMSTED, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN CHRISTENA, Cabinet Maker.
  • VALLY OLMSTED, Cabinet Maker.
  • H. F. WENCKE, Cabinet Maker.
  • W. J. WENCKE, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN WEAVER, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN HUNNEFELD, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHAN GABRIEL, Cabinet Maker.
  • W. WINTER, Cabinet Maker.
  • A. C. SCHRADER, Cabinet Maker.
  • M. HOLDCRAFT, Cabinet Maker.
  • GEO. G. WEISMULLER, Cabinet Maker.
  • MIKE STRAUS, Cabinet Maker.
  • MARK H. KIEFFER, Cabinet Maker.
  • HERMAN W. MARGILETH, Cabinet Maker.
  • FRANZ JOSEF WALSER, Cabinet Maker.
  • FRIDRICH F. HINSCHLAGER, Cabinet Maker.
  • CONRAD ZEENGEL, Cabinet Maker.
  • BERNARD C. MARGILETH, Cabinet Maker.
  • MATHEW LIPPS, Cabinet Maker.
  • EMIL LOW, Cabinet Maker.
  • JACOB DECKER & CO., Cigars, Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of Cigars, Walnut st., west of Centre.
  • C. ALBRECHT, Cigar Manufacturer.
  • W. T. McCORMICK, Civil Engineer.
  • JOHN DORR, Cabinet Maker and Councilman Fourth Ward.
  • MAT. BRISBO, Chair Maker.
  • AUG. STEINKAMP, Chair Maker.
  • CLEM POST, Chair Maker.
  • J. FRED. RIEMANN, Chair Maker.
  • LAWRENCEBURGH CHAIR CO., Chairs. Manufacturers of all kinds of Chairs. Orders for any style promptly filled. 121 and 123 Walnut st.
  • KOSMUS FRIEDRICH, Distiller.
  • J. P. CHEN, Editor Press.
  • E. N. SIBLEY, Editor Democratic Register.
  • W. T. DAUGHTERS, Engineer.
  • GEO. COLT, Engineer Miami Furniture Company.
  • GEO. COLT, Jr., Engineer.
  • FRANK GRIFFITH, Engineer, Stationary.
  • ALBERT SHERROD, Engineer, Stationary.
  • J. F. STOHLMAN, Furniture. Secretary Dearborn Furniture Co.
  • ANDREW TANNER, Hotel, Proprietor “Tanner House.”
  • G. SORTWELL, Machine Hand.
  • ROBERT R. POWELL, Machinist. Fine Rip Sawyer.
  • GEO. KAFFENBERGER, Machinist.
  • C. SANDER, Machinist.
  • JOS. H. BURKAM, Manufacturer.
  • H. STAUFERMAN, Machinist and Coffin Maker.
  • PERRY SKINNER, Painter.
  • THEODORE NAU, Photographer.
  • JOHN C. SARTWELL, Turner.
  • HERMAN WOEHLE, Turner.
  • U. PANZER, Varnishing.
  • JOHN L. LAMPING, Varnisher. Foreman Varnishing Shops of the Miami Valley Furniture Manufacturing Co.
  • OMER SMITH, Varnisher.
  • CARL MIELKE, Varnisher.
  • HERMAN KUNDE, Varnishing Rooms Dearborn Furniture Co.
  • GEO. OTTO, Varnisher. Foreman Varnishing Room Dobell Furniture Factory.
  • THOMAS KILNER, Wheel Co., Secretary.
  • JOHN G. KING, Wheelwright.
  • CARL HENEGEN, Wood Carver.

AURORA.

  • JOHN A. PARKS, Attorney at Law.
  • J. K. TURNER, Attorney at Law.
  • WM. S. HOLMAN, Attorney, Farmer and M. C. Fifth District, Ind.
  • JAMES STOLBERT, Agent, General.
  • A. R. BRUCE, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, cor. 3d and Main sts.
  • W. G. WHEELER, Blacksmith.
  • GAFF & Co., Brewers, “Crescent Brewery.”
  • S. D. LANGTREE, Brewer.
  • G. W. STEPHENS, Boots and Shoes. Dealer in the best quality of Easter and Custom-made Boots and Shoes. Sign of the big red boot.
  • WM. COPELAND, Blacksmith.
  • JOHN STARK, Carpenter.
  • WM. M. GUY, Carpenter and Farmer.
  • CHARLEY SASSAMAN, Carpenter.
  • FISK BROS. (Charles Fisk, Marion Fisk, W. H. H. Fisk, Henry Fisk), Carriage Makers.
  • JOHN S. CUNNINGHAM, Coat Maker.
  • ISRAEL DANFORD, Cooper, Foreman of S. Wyman & Co.’s Cooper Shop.
  • HENRY F. RUPKER, Cooper.
  • LAMB & McCONNELL, Druggists, Second st.
  • T. & J. W. GAFF & CO., Distillers.
  • THOMAS GAFF, Distiller.
  • H. W. SMITH, Distiller.
  • H. HERDEGEN, Express and Insurance Agent.
  • L. W. COBB, Editor Independent.
  • STEDMAN & CO., Engines, Saw-mills, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangings, Manufactures of Hart’s Beater, Hay and Cotton Presses.
  • HENRY J. PROBST, Furniture Manufacturer.
  • WAKEMAN G. CADWELL, Foundryman.
  • WM. WILLMAN, Furniture, Aurora Valley Furniture Manufacturing Co.
  • PATRICK MALONEY, Groceries.
  • JACOB KIRSCH, Hotel, “French House.” The House is pleasantly situated near the railroad depot, and will be found the most desirable place in the city at which to stop. Good wines, liquors and cigars.
  • J. F. W. LEIVE, Jeweler, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc., etc.
  • B. N. McHENRY & CO., Lumber, Dearlers in all kinds of Lumber and Agricultural Implements, Main st.
  • DROGE & DOUSELMAN, Millers, Proprietors of the “City Mills.”
  • S. P. BURGERT, Photographer.
  • R. T. WINKLEY, Produce Dealer.
  • T. RECTANUS, Pharmaceutist.
  • LAURENCE COLLINS, Shoemaker.
  • H. KAPPEL, Saloon and Restaurant.
  • JOHN S. CUNNINGHAM, Tailor.
  • A. B. LANSBERRY, Wagons, Manufacturer of.

COCHRAN.

  • J. G. GEIGOLT, Butcher.
  • J. GEIGOLDT, Jr., Butcher.
  • GEO. W. CAIN, Engineer and Farmer.

GREENDALE

  • E. F. WARD, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN B. BREAKEY, Cabinet Maker.
  • GEORGE E. JOHNSON, Cabinet Maker.
  • R. E. WARD, Cabinet Maker.
  • JOHN GRIFFITH, Engineer Dobell Furniture Factory.
  • EDWIN B. DOBELL, Furniture Manufacturer, Wholesale.
  • H. R. HELMUTH, Groceries and Produce, Wall Paper, Shades, etc., cor. Main and Third streets.
  • PETER KRAP, Varnisher.

WILMINGTON

  • R. D. BROWN, Attorney at Law.

Dearborn County – 1860 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
George W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860 and 1861. Indianapolis : George W. Hawes, 1860.

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE,
A small post village of Dearborn county, in Harrison township, situated 20 miles north from Lawrenceburg, the capital of the county, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati.

BRIGHT, (Saltillo Village,)
A post village of Dearborn county, in Harrison township, situated 10 miles north from Lawrenceburg, the capital of the county, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati. It contains three stores, one hotel, one steam saw mill, and a few mechanical trades. Population 75. GRANVILLE LOVE, Postmaster.

  • Cloud Mason J., justice of peace.
  • Disborough Nancy, milliner and dress maker.
  • Grubbs John, blacksmith.
  • Haddock Robt., general merchant and notary public.
  • LOVE G., HOTEL PROPRIETOR.
  • McClure J., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Morgan Nancy E., dealer in dry goods.
  • Norris —, boot and shoe maker.
  • Nowlis Silas, butcher.
  • Sisson Z. B., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Swales F., prop’r steam saw mill.
  • Whipple A. B., blacksmith.

COCHRAN,
A post office of Dearborn county, and a station on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 2 miles west from Aurora, 27 miles west by south from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

DILLSBORO,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 1 ½ miles south from the line of the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, 35 miles south-west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

FARMERS’ RETREAT,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated on South Branch, 17 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis. In the vicinity is a German Lutheran church, two general stores, and a few mechanical trades. Post office established in 1852. GARRETT BOSSE, Postmaster.

  • BOSSE GARRETT, GENERAL MERCHANT (See card, p. 128)
  • Heelmes David, school teacher.
  • Licking —, blacksmith.
  • Maetke Julius, physician.
  • Opp A., general general merchant.
  • Opp John, cooper.
  • Rand John, school teacher.
  • Wichman Rev. T., Lutheran pastor.

GUILFORD,
A post village of Dearborn county, in York township, situated on Tanner’s creek, and on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 8 miles north-west from Lawrenceburg, 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 30 miles west from Cincinnati. It contains two Methodist churches and an academy, one Masonic Lodge, two general stores, one hotel, one flouring mill, and various trades and professions. Population 500. Township 3,000. Post office established in 1840. JOHN HUDDLESTON, Postmaster.

  • Brigler J., township constable.
  • Brooks I. N., telegraph operator and R. R. agent.
  • Campbell Charles, notary public.
  • Campbell & Skaats, general merchants.
  • Chileston D., township justice.
  • Cole C., painter.
  • Cole F., blacksmith.
  • Ege J., township trustee.
  • Flood —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gardner Rev., —–, Methodist pastor.
  • Goshorn —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gardner Rev. —, Methodist pastor.
  • Goshorn —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gurry Rev. T. B., Methodist pastor.
  • Hastings D., school teacher.
  • Miller S., township constable.
  • Robertson C. W., agent Adams express Co.
  • Robertson Geo., hotel proprietor.
  • Robertson & Brooks, general store.
  • Ruhlman J., boot and shoe maker.
  • Sehne C. A., steam flour and grist mill.
  • Spicknard J. A., justice of peace.

GUIONSVILLE,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

HOLMAN,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

JONES’ STATION,
A post office of Dearborn county, and a station on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 14 miles west from Lawrenceburg, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

KELSO,
A post village in the northern part of Dearborn county, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LAWRENCEVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LOGAN,
A small post village of Dearborn county, situated in a township of the same name, 14 miles from Lawrenceburg, 26 miles west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis. In the vicinity is a Baptist and Methodist church, one general store, one flouring mill, and several mechanical trades. WM. GLARDON, Postmaster.

  • Ashley Chas., woolen manufacturer.
  • Ashley Wm., carpenter and wagon maker.
  • Boatman Jas. M., general merchant and pork packer.
  • Boatman J. C., school teacher.
  • Boatman John C., township librarian.
  • Bonham Z. A., justice of peace.
  • Cole John, blacksmith and wagon maker.
  • Everson Washington, gunsmith.
  • Geary Rev. —, Methodist pastor.
  • GLARDON WM., NOTARY PUBLIC.
  • Hoover Wm. D., boot and shoe maker.
  • Horner John, justice of peace.
  • Hudson Geo., resident farmer.
  • Jolly Charles, carpenter.
  • Jolly Wm. H., sewing machine agent.
  • Jones Rev. E., Baptist pastor.
  • Keen R. A., blacksmith.
  • Laird Wm., auctioneer.
  • Lake Daniel, fish dealer.
  • McClure J., cooper and township trustee.
  • Pastnet Wm., dyer and scourer.
  • Phillips J., boot and shoe maker.
  • Roll J. & W., chair manufacturers.
  • Roll Wm., school teacher.
  • Runnels Geo., resident farmer.
  • Southard J., carpenter.
  • Swales W. H., physician.

MANCHESTER,
A post village and township of Dearborn county, situated 2 miles from the line of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 11 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 38 miles from Cincinnati, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. It contains a Methodist and Universalist church, an academy, three general stores, one hotel, one steam flouring and saw mill and a variety of trades and professions. Population 500. Township 3,000. Post office established in 1825. GILBERT PLATT, Postmaster.

  • Baker W. H., prop’r Farmers’ Hotel.
  • Blount C. N., school teacher.
  • Bolly John, blacksmith.
  • Calahan James, cooper.
  • Carrigus J. L., boot and shoe maker.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., general store.
  • Dunn & McMullen, general merchants.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam saw and grist mill proprietors.
  • Freeland John P., manufacturer agricultural implements.
  • Givan George, justice of peace.
  • Harget Mrs. C., milliner and dress maker.
  • Horrum L. R., saddle and harness maker.
  • Horrum Wm., broom maker.
  • Kennedy S. M., surveyor.
  • Lozier G. W., justice of peace.
  • McMullen James, butcher.
  • McMullen John, carriage and plow maker.
  • Morp S., carpenter and builder.
  • Noyes Amos, resident farmer.
  • Noyes A. & Co., general store.
  • Noyes Miss E. P., school teacher.
  • Palmer John, blacksmith and gunsmith.
  • PLATT GILBERT, COOPER.
  • Platt Peter, brickyard.
  • Platt Richard, nursery and seedsman.
  • Platt S., builder.
  • Robberts Geo., justice of peace.
  • Schooley E., cabinet maker.
  • Sims John, blacksmith.
  • Tibbotts Benj., auctioneer.
  • Tibbotts C. F., attorney at law.
  • Tyrel W. H., druggist.
  • Wilcox Thomas, boot and shoe maker.
  • Woodson John, painter.
  • Woodson John S., daguerrean artist.

MOORE’S HILL,
An important post village of Dearborn county, in Sparta township, situated on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 18 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 40 miles from Cincinnati, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. It contains a Baptist and Methodist church, a male and female collegiate institute, Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, four general stores, two hotels, one flouring and steam saw mill, one tannery, and diversified trades and professions. Population 700. Township 2,500. Post office established in 1836. JAMES BOOKWALTER, Postmaster.

  • Adams S. R., pres. Moore’s Hill collegiate institute.
  • Allen Lodge, No. 165, Masonic.
  • Arnold M. W., prop’r steam flouring and saw mills.
  • Arnold M. W., tanner.
  • Bedunah J., township clerk and trustee.
  • Bigney Wm., wagon maker.
  • BOOKWALTER J., DEALER IN STOVES AND TIN WARE.
  • Bowers A. J., druggist and physician.
  • Boyd L., auctioneer.
  • Brumblay John, resident farmer.
  • Burlidge John, blacksmith.
  • Cartright Wm., brick mason.
  • Cheneowith B. P., school teacher.
  • Collins E. B., physician.
  • Cottingham D., butcher.
  • Darly Wm., cooper.
  • Daughters A. P., druggist and physician.
  • Davis Isaac, boot and shoe maker and dealer.
  • David J., painter.
  • Downtain L. D., prop’r White Hall.
  • English J. D., township constable and assessor.
  • Ewen John, resident farmer.
  • Faulkner C. S., hotel prop’r.
  • Faulkner C. S. & Son, general merchants.
  • Franklin S. D., resident farmer.
  • Gault H. B., general merchant and boot and shoe maker.
  • Holbrook Miss W., school teacher.
  • Isgregg N. S., physician.
  • Johnson George, butcher.
  • Jones Thos., cooper.
  • Justice T., cooper.
  • Kahler S. J., school teacher.
  • Kelley Rev. R., Baptist pastor.
  • Lang John H., agent Ohio and Mississippi railroad, and Adams express agent.
  • Lang John H., telegraph operator.
  • Laws James, cooper.
  • Laws Joseph, cooper.
  • Lindsay A. W., carpenter.
  • McCreary Mrs. J., milliner and dress maker.
  • McCreary Wm. H., township justice.
  • McCreary Wm. H. & E. R., saddle and harness makers.
  • Milson Elijah, attorney at law.
  • Moore John C. & Co., general merchants.
  • Moore’s Hill Lodge, No. 127, I. O. O. F.
  • Moore’s Hill male and female collegiate institute, S. R. Adams, president.
  • Platter P., patent right agent.
  • Reed James, cooper.
  • Rowe & Justice, cabinet makers.
  • Smith A., township justice.
  • Steward J. F., dentist.
  • Taylor A. J., daguerrean artist.
  • Taylor A. J., school teacher.
  • Thompson John K., attorney at law and notary public.
  • Thompson John K., agent, Etna Insurance company.
  • White Hall Hotel, L. D. Downtain prop’r.
  • Wood Rev. E. G., Methodist pastor.

NEW ALSACE,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and surrounded by a rich farming country.

SAINT LEON,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 85 miles east south-east from Indianapolis.

SPARTA,
A post office of Dearborn county, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

VAN WEDDEN’S,
A station on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 72 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

WILMINGTON,
A post village and the former capital of Dearborn county, situated 6 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS,
A post village of Dearborn county, in the south-eastern extremity of the State.

YORKVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, about 84 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

Dearborn County – 1858 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
G.W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859. Indianapolis : Geo. W. Hawes, 1858.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE,
A post village of Harrison township, Dearborn county, 25 miles north-west of Cincinnati, 20 miles north of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, 95 miles south-east of Indianapolis, 4 miles north of Harrison, Ohio, and 2 miles south of New Trenton, on the Harrison and Brookville Turnpike-road. It contains one blacksmith, one carpenter, one clergyman, one general store, one water gristmill, one lawyer and notary public, one justice of the peace, one cooper, and one school, with about forty-five pupils. It has a population of about 100.

  • Adair Wm. H., farmer.
  • Atkins Thomas, cooper.
  • Brackenridge Thomas M., farmer.
  • Fox Martin V., farmer.
  • Grubbs James, township trustee.
  • Handy Barton, blacksmith.
  • Hardy Barton, farmer.
  • Hornaday Moses, justice of peace.
  • Hornaday Moses Rev., Baptist.
  • Longnecker Solomon, farmer.
  • Penny Thomas, township trustee.
  • Steel Warren, farmer.
  • Tebbs Warren, township trustee.
  • WEBER JACOB, DEPUTY POSTMASTER.
  • WEBER JOSEPH, POSTMASTER.
  • Weber Jacob, notary public.
  • Weber Joseph, prop’r water flourmill.
  • Weber Jacob, general store.
  • Weber Jacob, township clerk.
  • Wescott Thomas, carpenter and builder.

BRIGHT,
A post office in Miller township, Dearborn county. The township has about 500 inhabitants, chiefly farmers. There is also a protection society here, organized in 1853, which numbers sixty members, as a protection against horse thieves, and which the inhabitants regard better than an insurance company. Since the company was formed there have been only two case of horse stealing, and the horses were both found. The officers are: Ezekiel Jackson, President; R. C. Jackson and R. C. Whipple, Vice Presidents; H. Dawson, Secretary; Silas Nowlin, Captain; Thos. Hargett, Treasurer. It has two blacksmiths, four carpenters, one carriage maker, five ministers, three general stores, one attorney at law and notary public, two justices of the peace, one steam saw mill, three coopers. There are seven churches in the township, four Methodist Episcopal, two Methodist Protestant, and one Presbyterian, and eight schools, with an average attendance for each school of thirty-five pupils.

  • Albaugh Ralph, notary public.
  • Bonham Aaron, farmer.
  • Bonham Ezra, farmer.
  • Brockway Jesse, Rev., Methodist.
  • Cloud Mrs. Mary, general store.
  • Conner C., farmer.
  • Flood M. P. Rev., Clergyman.
  • Frazer David, township trustee.
  • Gibson John, farmer.
  • Golder John, cooper.
  • Golder Isaac, cooper.
  • Grubbs R., farmer.
  • Grubbs John E., blacksmith.
  • Grubbs James, proprietor steam saw mill.
  • Haddock Robert, carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt R., farmer.
  • Hargitt Thomas, justice of the peace.
  • Hargitt R. M., carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt G. M, carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt Thomas Rev., Methodist.
  • Hargitt Robert Rev., Methodist.
  • Hargitt Thomas, general store.
  • Judd James C., carpenter and builder.
  • Lazenby R., farmer.
  • Lazenby William, justice of the peace.
  • Lidell James, farmer.
  • Longdall R., farmer.
  • McCracken M., farmer.
  • McCracken William, constable.
  • Morgan D. D., general store.
  • Nowlan Silas, farmer.
  • Nowlan Silas, township trustee.
  • Oglen John, cooper.
  • Rogers R., farmer.
  • Shaw William C. Rev., Clergyman.
  • Siosin Z. B., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Sawders Frederick, township trustee.
  • Sutton Charles, constable.
  • SWALES GEORGE, POSTMASTER.
  • Swales Frank, proprietor steam saw mill.
  • Swales George, farmer.
  • Whipple A. B., blacksmith.

COCHRAN,
A station on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad in Dearborn county, 27 miles from Cincinnati, and 2 miles west of Aurora.

DILLSBOROUGH,
A post village in Dearborn county, situated 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, the county seat, 35 miles south-west of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a mile and a half from the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad station. It contains three blacksmith shops, one bookseller, one boot and shoe shop, five carpenters, two cabinet shops, one carriage manufactory, one minister, four general stores, two dress makers, one furniture dealer, one steam grist mill, one harness maker, one grocer, one hide and leather dealer, two hotels, four lawyers, one notary public, two justices of the peace, two physicians, one stove and tine dealer, two coopers, one painter, two churches—one Methodist and on Presbyterian—and two schools with an attendance of one hundred and forty pupils. Population, 700.

  • Abbott Elias, cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
  • Alexander James, bookseller and stationer.
  • Barker Wm., carpenter and builder.
  • Barnhart & Co., carriage, coach and wagon makers and manufacturers.
  • Beckett A. & Co., steam grist mill.
  • Bennet J., farmer.
  • Bosby R., carpenter and builder.
  • Cole John, harness maker.
  • Conaway W. H., attorney at law and notary public.
  • Davidson Wm. H., physician.
  • Denton G. V., cooper.
  • Denton G. V., general store.
  • Durham Mrs. L., dress maker.
  • Ellis N. J., carpenter and builder.
  • Frank M., furniture dealer.
  • Gatch G. D., physician.
  • Ginter Fr., hide and leather.
  • Ginter Fr., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Goff H. B., attorney at law.
  • Gray & Suits, blacksmiths.
  • Gullet & Co., general store, druggists.
  • Hoover Mrs. A., proprietor Telegraph House.
  • Lemon Wm., proprietor American House.
  • Lenover Joseph, farmer.
  • Lorenson & Antle, general store.
  • LORENSON LEWIS L., POST MASTER.
  • McComas Wm. S., cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
  • McComas John Mrs., dress maker.
  • McComas John, dealer in groceries.
  • Meisner Wm. S., carpenter and builder.
  • Mulford O. S., blacksmith.
  • Newel J., carpenter and builder.
  • Knowles Wm., clergyman, Methodist.
  • Passell Stephen L., farmer.
  • Perlee & Co., blacksmiths.
  • Randall Wm., farmer.
  • Redding James L., attorney at law.
  • Roberts John, stove dealer and tinsmith.
  • Stout J., justice of peace.
  • Warner M., farmer.
  • Watkins M., farmer.
  • Watkins G. S., painter.
  • Wills E., justice of peace.
  • Weymond Samuel, general store.
  • Weymond S., cooper.

FARMER’S RETREAT,
A post office of Dearborn county.

GUILFORD,
A post office of Dearborn county.

GUION’SVILLE,
A post office of Dearborn county.

JONES’ STATION,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, 14 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and about 80 miles from Indianapolis.

  • FOX S. W., POST MASTER.
  • GAREY CHARLES A.
  • MULFORD JOHN L.
  • SHUTTS JOHN.

KELSO,
A post office of Dearborn county.

LAWRENCEVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis. Population, 400.

LOGAN,
A post office of Dearborn county.

MANCHESTER,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 11 miles from Lawrenceburgh the county seat, on the Lawrenceburgh and Napoleon turnpike, 8 miles from Aurora, 80 miles from Indianapolis, and about 2 miles distant from the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railroad. It contains one hotel, four general stores, one clothing store, three blacksmiths, one bookseller, two boot and shoe makers, one brick maker, four carpenters, two cabinet makers, two carriage and wagon makers, one dress maker, one flour and produce dealer, one steam flouring mill, two hardware stores, four resident farmers, one lumber dealer, four physicians, one steam saw mill, two coopers, one painter, one tailor, four clergymen, two churches, and one academy. Population, 500.

  • Baker W. H., prop’r. Farmers Hotel.
  • Baldridge Daniel Rev., Christian.
  • Boyd John, blacksmith.
  • Britz Wm., tailor and clothier.
  • Claspel John, blacksmith.
  • Conger Samuel, farmer.
  • Cotton A. J. Rev., Methodist.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., dealers in hardware, cutlery, &c.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., book sellers and stationers.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam saw mill.
  • Dunn & Noyes, lumber dealers.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam grist mill.
  • Dunn & Noyes, dealers in flour and grain.
  • Eldridge S., physician and surgeon.
  • Farmers Hotel, O. W., Baker, prop’r.
  • Ford John, blacksmith.
  • Freeland & Boyd, carriage and wagon makers.
  • Garrigus J. L., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Harget Mrs., dress maker.
  • Jumper A. H., president Manchester Academy.
  • McMullen John, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Millikin O. W., farmer.
  • Moses Simon, carpenter and builder.
  • Noyes A. & Co., dealers in hardware, cutlery, &c.
  • PLATT GILBERT, POST MASTER.
  • Platt Gilbert, cooper.
  • Platt Peter, brick maker.
  • Plummer Gardner, physician.
  • Plummer Benj. Rev., Methodist.
  • Plummer Alexander, carpenter and builder.
  • Sawyer A. D., physician.
  • Schooley Joseph, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Schooley Elias, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Thomburg T. J. Rev., Methodist.
  • Tibbets C. F., cooper.
  • Tibbets Benj., farmer.
  • Tool Samuel, carpenter and builder.
  • Warren Samuel F., carpenter and builder.
  • Wilcox Thomas, boot and shoe dealer.

MOORE’S HILL,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated 13 miles north-west of Lawrenceburg, and contains three general stores, one flour and grain dealer, one clothing store, two harness shops, one tanner and currier, one watch maker, two churches, one Methodist and one Baptist, one college with 175 students attending, and a common school with an average attendance of 40 pupils. Population 800.

  • Adams Expreess Company.
  • Adams S. R. Rev., Methodist.
  • Arnold M. W., tanner and currier.
  • Bigney W. & Co., carriage and wagon makers.
  • BOOKWALTER J., STOVE DEALER AND TIN SMITH.
  • Bowers H. J., physician and surgeon.
  • Bowers A. J., physician and surgeon.
  • Brewington J., brick maker.
  • Burridge House, J. Burridge, proprietor.
  • Burridge J., proprietor Burridge House.
  • Cartright W., brick maker.
  • Cartright J., brick maker.
  • Clark C., carpenter and builder.
  • Collins E. B., physician and surgeon.
  • Conelly A. Rev., Baptist.
  • Cottingham J., dress maker.
  • Curtis G. L. Rev., Methodist.
  • Davis J., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Daughter A. P., physician and surgeon.
  • Downton L., carpenter and builder.
  • Faukner & Co., general store.
  • Fleming J. S., flour and grain dealer.
  • Forbs L. Rev., Methodist.
  • Gault House, H. Gault, proprietor.
  • Gault H., proprietor Gault House.
  • Gault H., general store.
  • Hayman (J.) & Clark, cabinet and furniture dealers.
  • Hinshaw J., watchmaker and jeweler.
  • Huston J., blacksmith.
  • Justis W., furniture dealer.
  • Kahler S. H. Rev., Methodist.
  • LAWS J., BRICK MAKER.
  • Lindsay A., carpenter and builder.
  • McCREARY W. H., POST MASTER.
  • McCreary W. H., justice of the peace.
  • McCreary W. H., harness maker.
  • McCreary M., dress maker.
  • Mapes C. Rev., Methodist.
  • Moore J. C., farmer.
  • Moore J. C. & Co., general store.
  • Nichols C., blacksmith.
  • Noble J. H., carpenter and builder.
  • Paramore S., tailor and clothier.
  • Paramore S., clothing dealer.
  • Perrine J. C., physician and surgeon.
  • Perrine J. C. Rev., Baptist.
  • PLATTER P., resident.
  • Reigging J., carpenter and builder.
  • Row (M.) & Justis, cabinet and furniture dealers.
  • Smith G. C. Rev., Methodist.
  • Spencer E., blacksmith.
  • Spencer E. T. Rev., Methodist.
  • Thompson J. K., attorney at law.
  • Thompson J., attorney at law.
  • Tinker S. Rev., Methodist.
  • Wallace W. H., harness maker.
  • Wood E. G. Rev., Methodist.

NEW ALSACE,
A flourishing post village of Dearborn county, 80 miles south-east of Indianapolis, 80 miles south-east of Indianapolis, and is surrounded by a rich farming country.

SAINT LEON,
A post office of Dearborn county.

SPARTA,
A post office of Dearborn county.

WILMINGTON,
A post village of Dearborn county, formerly the county seat, situated six miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the seat of justice. It contains the county seminary. Population, about 350.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS,
A post village of Dearborn county. Population 150.

YORKVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, 84 miles south-east of Indianapolis. Population 500.

Dearborn County – 1849 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : E. Chamberlain, 1849.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

AURORA, a beautiful village on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Hogan creek, in Dearborn county, containing about 1,600 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1819, and having a fine country back of it, has for many years exported large quantities of produce. It is twenty-six miles below Cincinnati, and eighty-six south-east of Indianapolis. It has just suffered very severely from the ravages of the Cholera.

CENTRE, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 2,250.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county, has a population of 400.

CLAY, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 800.

DEARBORN COUNTY was organized in 1802, and named after the soldier and statesman, Gen. Henry Dearborn, at the time the Secretary of War. It lies in the south-east corner of the State, is bounded east by the Ohio river and the State of Ohio, south by Ohio county, west by Ripley and north by Franklin, and contains 307 square miles. In 1830 it had 14,573 inhabitants; in 1840, 19,327, and at this time only about the same number, as the county of Ohio has since been created from its limits. Dearborn county is divided into thirteen civil townships, Lawrenceburgh, Harrison, Logan, Miller, Centre, Laughery, Manchester, York, Kelso, Jackson, Sparta, Clay and Cesar’s Creek.

The bottoms on the Ohio, Miami and White Water, about 13,000 acres in all, and the west and north-west parts of the county, are level or slightly undulating; the rest broken and hilly. The land in the vicinity of the rivers and creeks, both in the bottoms and on the hills, is a rich, loamy soil, and is not surpassed in the amount of its produce; the interior is well adapted to hay, wheat, &c. The corn is sold to distillers or fed to hogs at home, and much of the wheat made into flour by the millers. It is estimated that three distilleries in the county make $200,000 worth of whiskey and fatten $50,000 worth of pork annually. Of the articles exported from the county in a year, it has been ascertained that they amounted, in 1847, to 131,318 bushels of wheat, 152,802 bushels of oats, 11,000 tons of hay, 500 cattle, 1,500 sheep and 25,000 hogs. To these add the barreled pork, flour, whisky, and other articles exported from the county, and the whole will amount to $1,500,000 a year, though some of the articles, perhaps one-fourth, are the products of the interior counties.

There are in the county sixty stores, forty groceries, forty ware-houses, eight grist mills, six saw mills, five distilleries, one oil mill, one woolen factory, 460 mechanics, fifteen lawyers, fifteen physicians, fifteen preachers of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Catholics. There is a flourishing County Seminary, established at Wilmington in 1835, with fifty students, a good High School in Lawrenceburgh, with about the same number, and common schools are established throughout the county.

There is no land belonging to the United States, or which is not taxable, in the county.

DILLSBOROUGH, a small town in Clay township, Dearborn county, fifteen miles south-west of Lawrenceburgh.

DOVER, a small town in Kelso township, Dearborn county.

HARRISON, a township in Dearborn county, population 760.

HARRISON, a small town partly in Dearborn county and partly in the State of Ohio, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HOGAN, a mill stream in Dearborn county, rising in the west part of the county and running east into the Ohio at Aurora.

JACKSON, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,155.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin and Dearborn, running into White Water from the north-east, two miles above Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 1,350.

LAUGHERY, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,050.

LAWRENCEBURGH, the Seat of Justice of Dearborn county, is situated on the Ohio river, twenty-two miles below Cincinnati, two miles west of the east line of the State, and eighty-seven south-east of Indianapolis. It contains about 3,000 inhabitants. The large and fertile bottoms on the Ohio and Miami, in the vicinity, and the rich and well cultivated lands in the interior, and its being the outlet of the White Water Canal, furnish an immense amount of produce for exportation. See Dearborn county.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn county, population 660.

MANCHESTER, an interior township in Dearborn county, population 2,700.

MANCHESTER, a beautiful country village in Dearborn county, nine miles north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

MILLER, a township in Dearborn, population 1,160.

MOORE’S HILL, a small town in Sparta township, Dearborn county, thirteen miles west north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn, population 1,800.

TANNERS’ CREEK rises in the north part of Dearborn and runs south-east into the Ohio river near Lawrenceburgh. By following the bed of this creek, an easy access for a railroad may be had to the table land in the interior of the State.

WILMINGTON, formerly the County Seat of Dearborn, is three miles west of Aurora and six south-west of Lawrenceburgh. It contains the County Seminary, established in 1835, with usually 50 students, and has a number of good private residences.

YORK, a township in Dearborn, population 750.

Dearborn County – 1833 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : Douglass and Maguire, 1833.
Digitized copy at HathiTrust Digital Library

AURORA, a post town on the Ohio river, below the mouth of Hogan in the county of Dearborn, about four miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, three stores, one tavern, a physician, a lawyer, a preacher of the Gospel, several mechanics of different professions, a seminary, a church, a large and prosperous Sunday school.—Aurora is situated on a bend of the river, having a beautiful view for five or six miles, both above and below, and affords one of the best harbours on the river, from Pittsburgh to its mouth.

BLUE CREEK, a small stream which rises in Dearborn county, and runs in a north-easterly direction into Franklin county, and falls into Whitewater, on the west side, about a mile below Brookville.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county.

DEARBORN, a river county, in the south-east corner of the state, bounded by the north by Franklin county, on the west by Ripley, on the south by Switzerland, on the east by the Ohio river and state. It was organized in 1802. It is thirty miles in extent from north to south, and eighteen miles from east to west; containing an area of 448 square miles, or 286,720 acres. In 1830, it contained 14,573 inhabitants. Dearborn county is hilly along the river, but not too steep for cultivation. In about one fourth part of the county the land is considered first rate, one fourth second rate, and the remaining half third rate. The principal products are wheat, rye, corn, and potatoes, which, together with beef, pork, and live stock, are annually transported in large quantities to the southern market. The forest timber consist chiefly of walnut, buckeye, elm, sugartree, locust, poplar, and the several varieties of oak and ash; with an undergrowth of spice, paupaw, plumb, and hawthorn. The county abounds with excellent limestone suitable for building. On the west side of the Great Miami, about two miles from its mouth, is an extensive rich bottom containing several thousand acres, on and in the vicinity of which are several ancient mounds. North of Hardinsburgh, and about a quarter of a mile from the Miami, on the top of a hill, supposed to be about two hundred feet in height, there is an ancient fortification, enclosing ten or twelve acres; the walls are composed of earth, and are from five to ten feet high. On the east side, the wall consists in part of stone, which appear to have been thrown together without order, and covered with earth. It includes all the level ground on the summit of the hill, and does not conform to any regular feature, but is regulated by the extremities of the level on which it is constructed. There is a small circular wall adjoining the mail wall on the west side, enclosing about an acre, on each side of which a gateway leads into the enclosure. On the east side, and within the fort, there is a mound, supposed by some to have been erected for observatory purposes. There are also some other mounds in the vicinity, which from their position seem to have been originally connected, in design, with the works already described. The great numbers of human bones exposed to view by the washing of the rains on the declivities of the hills in the neighborhood, indicate the existence, at some former period, of an immense population. Many stone axes of various sizes, and stone pipes, and hammers, and silicious darts of different shapes have also been found in the vicinity of this place. The principal streams in Dearborn county, beside the Ohio river, which washes its border, are the Great Miami, Whitewater, Tanner’s creek, Hogan and Laughery. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

HARDINSBURGH, a post town, in Dearborn county, on the Great Miami river, two miles north of Lawrenceburgh. It stands on a beautiful plain above high water. It contains about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, two stores, a tavern, and a number of mechanical establishments. It is surrounded by an extensive rich bottom, occasionally overflown; which circumstance tends to maintain the fertility of the soil by deposite of loam at every freshet.

HARRISON, a post town on the line dividing between Ohio and Indiana; the eastern part in the state of Ohio, and the western part in Dearborn county, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HARTFORD, a post town in Dearborn county, on the south bank of Laughery creek about twelve miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about a hundred inhabitants, a tavern, two mercantile stores, and craftsmen of various trades.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin county. It has its source in the south-east corner of the county, and runs south into Dearborn county, and falls into Whitewater two miles north of Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county.

LAWRENCEBURGH, a post town, and the seat of justice of Dearborn county. It is situated in an extensive rich bottom, on the bank of the Ohio river, two miles below the mouth of the Great Miami river. It contains about a thousand inhabitants, nine mercantile stores, one drug store, three taverns, eight lawyers, four physicians, three schools, two brick churches, a brick court house, a stone jail, a market house, and two printing offices, each of which issues a weekly newspaper. It is distant from the city of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, twenty-two miles, and eighty-six miles south-east from Indianapolis. N. lat. 39 deg. 5 min. W. lon. 7 deg. 35 min.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn.

MANCHESTER, a township in Dearborn county, lying between Tanner’s creek and Hogan, and extending to the western border of the county.

MANCHESTER, a small post town in Dearborn county.

RANDOLPH, a township in Dearborn county.

RISING SUN, a post village in Dearborn county. It is situated on the bank of the Ohio river, thirteen miles south from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, four stores, a tavern, a grist mill propelled by steam power, a seminary and a church; together with a number of mechanics of various trades. The surrounding land is broken and hilly, but very fertile; and the town has the advantage of a salubrious atmosphere, pure water, and an elevated pleasant situation, added to the advantages of uninterrupted steam boat navigation.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn county.

TANNER’S CREEK, a mill stream in Dearborn county. Its source is in the north-western part of the county, whence it runs south-easterdly, and empties into the Ohio river about a mile below Lawrenceburgh.

UNION, a township in Dearborn county.

WILMINGTON, a post town in Dearborn county. It is situated on the state road leading from Lawrenceburgh to Madison, eight miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It has one tavern, two stores, a physician, a school house, and a church; with about a hundred inhabitants, amongst whom are a number of industrious mechanics.

Dearborn County – 1826 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from: Scott, John. The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. 1826. Reprint, Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1954.
Digital Copy on Internet Archive

AURORA, a post town in Dearborn county, situated on the bank of the Ohio river, four miles from Lawrenceburgh, in a beautiful bend of the river, which affords on of the best harbours for steamboats, for taking in wood, &c. It contains 60 or 70 dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame, 200 inhabitants, 6 stores, 3 taverns, one lawyer, and mechanics of various professions. There is also a grist and saw mill, and an extensive distillery adjoining the town.

DEARBORN, a south-eastern county, and one of the oldest in the state: while it was under the Territorial government, its extent from north to south was upwards of 100 miles, bordering on the state of Ohio as far north as Fort Recovery, embracing all that section of country now contained in Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties. Its greatest length at present is 28 miles from north to south, and 15 for east to west, and contains 432 square miles or 277, 480 acres. It is bounded on the east by the Ohio and Miami rivers, north by Franklin, west by Ripley, and south by Switzerland counties. Its principal streams are the Miami, Whitewater and Ohio rivers, and Hogan, Laughery and Logan creeks. In 1825 it contained about 11,270 inhabitants. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

DRY FORK, A large creek which takes its rise in the state of Ohio, runs a south-western course, and empties into Whitewater in Dearborn county. It has, probably, taken its name from the circumstance of the water disappearing at certain seasons of the year.

GEORGETOWN, a small post town of Dearborn county.

HARDENSBURGH. A handsome post town of Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful high, level piece of ground on the west side of the Big Miami river, two miles north from Lawrenceburgh, on the road leading to Harrison, Brookville, &c.

HARRISON. A large flourishing post village, situated on the line dividing this state from the state of Ohio, and immediately on the east bank of Whitewater river. One half of this town is located in Dearborn county in this state, and the other in Hamilton county, Ohio. The main street runs north and south immediately on the state line. It contains about 25 or 30 families and 150 inhabitants; 2 inns, 2 stores, 1 blacksmith, 1 wagonmaker, 1 tobacconist, 1 cabinet-maker, several shoemakers, tailors, Carpenters, &c. It also contains two physicians, but no lawyers. The site upon which this town stands is beautiful, and the surrounding country delightful. It also has the advantages of pure air and good water. It is 12 miles north of Lawrenceburg, and 18 south of Brookville.

HARTFORD. A small post town in Dearborn county, situated on Laughery creek, 12 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 store, 1 tavern, one physician, and mechanics of various professions. There are also adjoining this place, a tan yard, and carding machine, together with a commodious grist and sawmill.

HOGAN. A valuable mill stream which takes it rise in Dearborn county, and empties into the Ohio river at the town of Aurora, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

LAWRENCEBURGH. This town is the seat of justice of Dearborn county, situated immediately below the mouth of the Big Miami, on the bank of the Ohio river, 20 miles below Cincinnati, N. Lat. 39 6, W. Lon. 7 38. It contains about 150 handsome brick and frame dwelling houses, 700 inhabitants, 9 stores, 5 taverns, 6 lawyers, 3 physicians, and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. There is a very large store house, 5 stories high, erected in this place, which is considered to be the best on the river from Cincinnati to the Falls; at which a very considerable business is done; proprietor Mr. Gibson. There is also an expensive silk lace-factory established in this town, which supplies a large district of country with this article. This is the only establishment of the kind west of the mountains. The place also contains a printing office and masonic lodge.

“Some idea can be formed of the commerce and growing importance of this town and country, by the following statement of produce shipped at the river, for the Mississippi or lower country market, from the 1st of January to the 1st of May, 1826. In giving this statement, we have confined ourselves, almost exclusively to the product of the neighborhood of the town: not having it in our power to give the whole amount of produce exported from the county, which would, it is believed, if taken into the account, swell the sum to 80 or 100,000 dollars.

[see original for list of goods and prices]

In making out the above, a number of articles, forming small sums, such as oats, flax-see, hoop poles, &c. were omitted, but which in the aggregate, would amount to six or seven thousand dollars. The price set to each article, it will be observed, is what is supposed the average price received for it, when taken to market; some of which are probably put at under prices: none, we believe, too high.

To carry this produce to market, something like twenty flat boats were employed, at an average price of one hundred dollars each.—These boats were generally built by our own citizens; and the hands employed to navigate them, resided principally in the county: so that the greater part of the money expended for the exportation, was put in circulation in the county, among our industrious and enterprising citizens.”

LAUGHERY. A large creek which takes it rise in Ripley county, and empties into the Ohio river, three or 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

MANCHESTER. A small post town in Dearborn county.

NEW LAWRENCEBURGH. A flourishing village situated on the south bank of Tanners creek, in Dearborn county. It is separated from old Lawrenceburgh by a narrow strip of low ground which is frequently inundated by the back water from the Ohio river. The site of this town is, however, several feet about high water mark. It contains about 25 handsome brick and frame buildings, elegantly painted, 100 inhabitants, 2 stores, 1 tavern, and several mechanics.

RISING SUN. A post town in Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful eminence on the bank of the Ohio river, 13 miles below Lawrenceburgh. It contains from 80 to 90 handsome dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame; 4 stores, 2 inns, 2 physicians and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. The land around this town is broken, yet fertile. This place has the advantage of steam boat navigation: in short, but few villages on this noble river, offer greater inducements to the industrious and enterprising, than this place.

WILMINGTON, a flourishing post town in Dearborn county: it is handsomely situated on Hogan creek, 8 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 physician, 2 taverns, 1 store, a valuable tanyard, and a number of industrious mechanics.