Denham, Indiana

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Denham is an unincorporated community in Rich Grove Township, Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

An old variant name of the community was called Gundrum.{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,P4_OBJECTID,P4_FNAME:433469,31629297,Gundrum|title=USGS detail on Denham - Variant Citation|accessdate=2017-04-01}} The community had its start in 1860s when the railroad was extended to that point.{{cite book|title=Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana: Historical and Biographical|url=https://archive.org/details/countiesofwhitep00faba|year=1883|publisher=F.A. Battey & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/countiesofwhitep00faba/page/621 621]}} The Denham name was adopted in the 1880s in honor of a railroad official.{{cite web | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-nwi-small-town-post-office-included-at-smithsonian/article_d54259bb-f7ac-5c49-aef3-d621372df535.html | title=OFFBEAT: NWI small town post office included at Smithsonian | publisher=nwi.com | accessdate=24 November 2015 | author=Potempa, Philip}}

A post office was established under the name Gundrum in 1870, was renamed Denham in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1996.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Pulaski | title=Pulaski County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 1, 2017}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana