Curby, Indiana

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Curby is an unincorporated community in Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana. It is a populated place that is not incorporated and has no legal boundaries.

History

A post office was established at Curby in 1904, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Crawford |title=Crawford County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903101552/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Crawford |archivedate=3 September 2014 }} The community was named after the maiden name of the wife of an early settler.{{cite book|title=Indiana Names, v.4|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000054437169;view=1up;seq=63|year=1973|publisher=Indiana State University|location=Terre Haute, IN|page=57}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:1904 establishments in Indiana

Category:Populated places established in 1904