Boggstown, Indiana

Boggstown
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°WCoordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Township	Sugar Creek
Elevation[1]	748 ft (228 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46110
Area code(s)	317 Exchange: 835
FIPS code	18-6292[2]
GNIS feature ID	431294

Boggstown is an unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[3]

History

Boggstown has not repealed a secession resolution passed in 1861.^[4]

The community was platted in 1867, and named for Joseph Boggs, an early settler.^[5] The Boggstown post office has been in operation since 1867.^[6]

Boggstown once contained a school which was discontinued at an unknown date.^[7]

Notable people

Actress Marjorie Main, best known as Ma Kettle, spent her teenage years here growing up on the first road north of town (300 North).

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. "Boggstown, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
4. Gable, Paul (November 20, 2012). "Want to secede? Go to Boggstown". The Shelbyville News. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
5. Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 263.
6. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
7. Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.