Walnut, Indiana

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Walnut is an unincorporated community in Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana.

History

Walnut was originally called Fredericksburg, and under the latter name was laid out and platted in 1866. When the railroad was built through the settlement in 1868, it was renamed Walnut, after Walnut Township.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0PWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA129 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=McDonald, Daniel | year=1908 | pages=129}} A post office was established as Walnut in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Marshall&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Marshall County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 January 2015}}

Geography

Walnut is located at {{coord|41|10|34|N|86|12|43|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana