Teegarden, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Marshall

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|subdivision_name3 = Polk

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|postal_code = 46574 (Walkerton)

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Teegarden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Polk Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States.

History

Teegarden was platted in 1873.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0PWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA133 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=McDonald, Daniel | year=1908 | pages=133}} Teegarden has the last name of a family of settlers.{{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/n338 321]|quote=...named for the local Teegarden family...}}

Geography

Teegarden is located in northwestern Marshall County, {{convert|1|mi}} north of U.S. Route 6, {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of Walkerton, and {{convert|11|mi|0}} north-northwest of Plymouth, the Marshall county seat.

The Teegarden CDP as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau has an area of {{convert|0.10|sqmi|2}}, all land. The community drains northwest toward Yellow Bank Creek, flowing west toward the Kankakee River, part of the Illinois River watershed.

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