Waymansville, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Bartholomew

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|subdivision_name3 = Jackson

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 47201

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|blank_info = 18-81602{{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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Waymansville is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Bartholomew County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Waymansville had a post office between 1860 and 1940.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Bartholomew&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Bartholomew County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 August 2014}} The community was named for its founder, Charles L. Wayman.{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinuniteds00haygoog|year=1902|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bulletinuniteds00haygoog/page/n273 268]}} Waymansville has one church, named St. Peter Lutheran Church. It was founded in 1871 and is a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.{{Cite web|url=http://locator.lcms.org/nchurches_frm/c_detail.asp?C956928|title = Find a Church, School, Worker}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|1870= 55

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=May 20, 2021}}

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Waymansville appeared as a separately-returned community in the U.S. Census of 1870, when it had a reported population of 55 residents.{{clear left}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Bartholomew County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:1860 establishments in Indiana