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near Noblesville in Hamilton County. The project will also result in a National Register nomination for a site near the Strawtown enclosure. During the past six years, IPFW has worked with the Hamilton County Parks Department to assess and explore the unique archaeological heritage of the 750-acre
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In 1821, a minimum purchase of 80 acres (320,000 m) per speculator was offered at a price of $ 1.25 per acre. The following year, five Strawtown settlers went to the Brookville land office and purchased tracts at that price. By 1836, roughly 30 families had purchased land in this area.
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Doctor Amos Palmer organized and taught the first school in Strawtown during the winter of 1822-23. The county was separated into two equal townships in 1823, White River to the north and Delaware to the south. Rapid growth, spurred partly by the state’s plans to run the Central Canal
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through Strawtown, caused the creation of seven additional townships. The canal in that area never materialized and growth stagnated, thanks in part to the location of the nearest railway four miles to the west.
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The area was possibly named after a native Delaware chief named Straw or Strawbridge. Indian Strawtown was located across the river 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east and north of present-day Strawtown.
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tribes invited the Delaware to settle in the White River basin after a 1795 treaty. Indian Strawtown was one of 14 Delaware villages established along the West Fork of the river.
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A post office was opened in 1834 and closed in 1902. It was originally established upstream in Stevensburg on October 13, 1829, as one of the earliest posts in the territory.
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Strawtown was once an Indian village, but was laid out by white settlers in 1819 to serve travelers. Situated on the Conner Trail which connected the cities of
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William Foster’s saw mill was established two miles (3 km) downstream in what is now
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Strawtown, Indiana
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and Indianapolis. Strawtown was officially platted by Bicknell Cole and
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Strawtown is the site of a current archaeological dig, funded through
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and Strawtown Avenue. It is bounded to the north and west by the
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Strawtown
Unincorporated community
Strawtown is located in Indiana
Strawtown is located in the United States
40°07′24″N 85°56′40″W / 40.12333°N 85.94444°W / 40.12333; -85.94444
Country
United States
State
Indiana
County
Hamilton
Township
White River
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unincorporated community
White River Township
Hamilton County
Indiana
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Anderson
William Conner
Miami
Shawnee
Clare

Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Strawtown Koteewi Park

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