Kilmore, Indiana

Kilmore
Unincorporated community
Kilmore
Coordinates: 40°20′55″N 86°30′20″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Clinton
Township	Union
Founded	1854
Elevation [1]	833 ft (254 m)
ZIP code	46041
FIPS code	18-39726[2]
GNIS feature ID	437301[1]

Kilmore is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town was laid out in 1854 by Abner C. Pence and for twenty years was known as Penceville, but after it became a station on the Vandalia Railroad in 1870 the company changed its name to Kilmore after the nearby creek (which was named for settler John Killmore).^[3][4]

A post office was established at Kilmore in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kilmore, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 32.
4. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Union Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
5. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

External links

• Media related to Kilmore, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons