Peerless, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Lawrence

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|subdivision_name3 = Marshall

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|blank_info = 18-58590{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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Peerless is an unincorporated community in Marshall Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.

History

Peerless was platted in 1891.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi | title=History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi/page/206 206]}} It took its name after a nearby quarry of the same name.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n275 258]|quote=...named for the local Peerless quarry.}} A post office opened at Peerless in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1932.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Lawrence&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Lawrence County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=31 December 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana