Rigdon, Indiana

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Rigdon is an unincorporated community in Grant and Madison counties, Indiana, United States.

History

Rigdon was named for Dr. Pryor Rigdon, a local resident.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lA0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA349 | title=History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Forkner, John La Rue | year=1914 | pages=349}} The community had a post office between 1855 and 1912.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Grant&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Grant County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=12 September 2014}}

Geography

Rigdon is located on the Grant and Madison County line. It sits at the quadripoint of four townships: Green and Liberty townships in Grant County, comprising the northern half of the community, and Duck Creek and Boone townships in Madison County, covering the southern half of the community.

Notable people

Willard Gemmill, justice of the Indiana Supreme CourtMinde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "[https://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/files/browning.pdf Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices]", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in [https://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/files/justice-bios.pdf#page=70 Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page].

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Grant County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana