Redding, Indiana
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, U.S.}}
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Redding is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, in the United States.{{GNIS|451776}}
History
Redding was platted in 1842.{{cite book|title=History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions|url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi|year=1914|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi/page/206 206]}} The post office Redding once contained was called Sinking Spring.{{cite book|title=History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EVQ0AQAAMAAJ|year=1884|publisher=Higginson Book Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EVQ0AQAAMAAJ/page/n180 174]}} This post office operated from 1837 until 1852.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Lawrence&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Lawrence County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=31 December 2014}}
References
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{{Lawrence County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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