Whitcomb, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Franklin

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|subdivision_name3 = Brookville

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|blank_info = 18-83726{{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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Whitcomb is an unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

History

Whitcomb was originally called Union, and under the latter name was platted in 1816 by Ebenezer Howe.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Franklin County, Indiana | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Reifel, August Jacob | year=1915 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ/page/n121 115]}} A post office was established at Whitcomb in 1846, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Franklin&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Franklin County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=8 September 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana