Dearborn County – 1862 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
George W. Hawes’ Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1862 and 1863. Indianapolis : G. W. Hawes, 1862.
See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE
A small post village in Dearborn county, situated 20 miles north of Lawrenceburg, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati.

BRIGHT (Saltillo Village)
A post village of Dearborn county, 10 miles north from Lawrenceburg, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati. Population 75.

Also a station of the same name on the Madison and Indianapolis Railway, 8 miles north from Madison.

COCHRAN
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 2 miles west of Aurora, 27 miles west by south from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles southeast from Indianapolis.

DILLSBORO’
A post village of Dearborn county, 1 ½ miles south from the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, 35 miles south-west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

FARMERS’ RETREAT
A post office of Dearborn county, on Hays’ Branch, 17 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. Goods for this vicinity are purchased at Cincinnati, and shipped by river to Aurora. Dillsboro, 4 miles distant, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, is the nearest station.

GUILFORD
A post village of Dearborn county, on Tanner’s creek, and on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 8 miles north-west from Lawrenceburg, 82 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 28 miles west from Cincinnati.

GUIONSVILLE
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

HOLMAN
A post office of Dearborn county, 13 miles from Lawrenceburg, and 74 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

JONES’ STATION
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 14 miles west from Lawrenceburg, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

KELSO
A post village in the northern part of Dearborn county, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LAWRENCEVILLE
A post village of Dearborn county, 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LOGAN
A small post village of Dearborn county 14 miles from Lawrenceburg, 26 miles west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

MANCHESTER
A post village of Dearborn county, 2 miles from the line of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 11 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 38 miles from Cincinnati, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

MOORE’S HILL
A post village of Dearborn county, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 18 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 40 miles from Cincinnati, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

NEW ALSACE
A post village of Dearborn county, 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

SAINT LEON
A post office of Dearborn county, about 85 miles east south-east from Indianapolis.

SALTILLO
A post village of Dearborn county, see Bright post office, page 31. Also a station of the same name on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, 12 miles north-west from Salem.

SPARTA
A post office of Dearborn county, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

VAN WEDDEN’S
A post office of Dearborn county, on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railway, 72 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

WILMINGTON
A post village and the former capital of Dearborn county, 6 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg.

WRIGHT’S CORNER
A post village of Dearborn county, in the south-eastern extremity of the State.

YORKVILLE
A post village of Dearborn county, about 84 miles south-east from Indianapolis.