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Kilmore, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W / 40.34861°N 86.50556°W / 40.34861; -86.50556
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Kilmore
Kilmore is located in Clinton County, Indiana
Kilmore
Kilmore
Coordinates: 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W / 40.34861°N 86.50556°W / 40.34861; -86.50556
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClinton
TownshipUnion
Founded1854
Elevation833 ft (254 m)
ZIP code
46041
FIPS code18-39726[2]
GNIS feature ID437301[1]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kilmore, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 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 August 30, 2014.
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