Kilmore, Indiana

Kilmore
Unincorporated community
Kilmore
Coordinates: 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W / 40.34861°N 86.50556°W / 40.34861; -86.50556Coordinates: 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W / 40.34861°N 86.50556°W / 40.34861; -86.50556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clinton
Township Union
Founded 1854
Elevation 833 ft (254 m)
ZIP code 46041
FIPS code 18-39726[1]
GNIS feature ID 437301[2]

Kilmore is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town was laid out in 1854 by Abner C. Pence and for twenty years was known as Penceville, but after it became a station on the Vandalia Railroad in 1870 the company changed its name to Kilmore after the nearby creek (which was named for settler John Killmore).[3][4]

A post office was established at Kilmore in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[5]

Geography

Kilmore is located at 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W / 40.34861°N 86.50556°W / 40.34861; -86.50556.

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Kilmore, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Union Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
  5. ↑ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 August 2014.


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