Crumstown, Indiana

Crumstown
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°37′27″N 86°24′29″W / 41.62417°N 86.40806°W / 41.62417; -86.40806Coordinates: 41°37′27″N 86°24′29″W / 41.62417°N 86.40806°W / 41.62417; -86.40806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
Counties	LaPorte, St. Joseph
Township	Warren
Founded by	Christian Holler
Elevation^[1]	709 ft (216 m)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46554
Area code(s)	574
FIPS code	18-16210^[2]
GNIS feature ID	452578

Crumstown is an unincorporated community in LaPorte and St. Joseph counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[3]

History

Christian Holler laid out the original plat of the town of Crum's Point (Crumstown) on April 21, 1875, on the line of the Grand Trunk Railroad. The community was named after Nathaniel H. Crum, an early settler.^[3] Christian Holler platted an addition to the town on January 20, 1882 in Warren Township near the junction of the Grapevine Creek and the Kankakee River. The population in 1900 was one hundred.^[4]

A post office was established at Crumstown in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.^[5]

Geography

Crumstown is located at 41°37′27″N 86°24′29″W / 41.62417°N 86.40806°W / 41.62417; -86.40806.

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
1 2 "Crumstown, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
↑ Howard, Timothy Edward (1907). A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Lewis publishing Company. p. 310.
↑ "Saint Joseph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States

County seat: La Porte

Cities	La Porte Michigan City

Towns	Kingsbury Kingsford Heights LaCrosse Long Beach Michiana Shores Pottawattamie Park Trail Creek Wanatah Westville

Townships	Cass Center Clinton Coolspring Dewey Galena Hanna Hudson Johnson Kankakee Lincoln Michigan New Durham Noble Pleasant Prairie Scipio Springfield Union Washington Wills

CDPs	Fish Lake Hanna Hudson Lake Rolling Prairie

Other unincorporated communities	Alida Ambler Andry Beattys Corner Birchim Byron Crumstown‡ Door Village Duneland Beach Haskell Hesston Hicks Hillside Holmesville Kankakee Lake Park Magee Mill Creek Monroe Manor Oakwood Orchard Highlands Otis Pinhook Pinola Plainfield Riverside Salem Heights Smith South Center South Wanatah Springfield Springville Stillwell Summit Tee Lake Thomaston Tracy Union Center Union Mills Waterford Wellsboro Wilders

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States

County seat: South Bend

Cities	Mishawaka South Bend

Towns	Indian Village Lakeville New Carlisle North Liberty Osceola Roseland Walkerton

Townships	Centre Clay German Greene Harris Liberty Lincoln Madison Olive Penn Portage Union Warren

CDPs	Georgetown Granger Gulivoire Park Notre Dame

Unincorporated communities	Ardmore Chain-O-Lakes Colburn Crest Manor Addition Crumstown‡ Dreamwold Heights Gilmer Park Hamilton Hi-View Addition Hubbard Lydick Maple Lane Miami Trails Addition Midway Corners Nutwood Olive Orchard Heights Addition Pine Station Pleasant Valley State Line Tamarack Grange Terre Coupee Westfield Woodland Wyatt Zeigler

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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