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Jay City, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°34′02″N 84°50′55″W / 40.56722°N 84.84861°W / 40.56722; -84.84861
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Jay City, Indiana
former hamlet
Jay City is located in Indiana
Jay City
Jay City
Jay City is located in the United States
Jay City
Jay City
Coordinates: 40°34′02″N 84°50′55″W / 40.56722°N 84.84861°W / 40.56722; -84.84861[1]
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyJay
TownshipWabash
Elevation
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846 ft (258 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID436949[1]

Jay City was once a hamlet in the south bank of the Wabash river across from New Corydon, Indiana,[2] located in Wabash Township approximately 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-east of Portland;[3] but by 1922 had failed as a settlement and remained as only a name on maps.[2]

It had been platted on 1840-06-07 by Samuel Hall and David Hite, and in 1887 was recorded has having a population of approximately 50.[4] Also recorded were a blacksmiths, a wagon maker, a brick and tile factory 1 mile (1.6 km) to its south, and a general store founded by William L. Adams in 1874.[4] It was served by the New Corydon post-office.[3] It had had a saw mill since 1858 and a grist mill since 1859, both built by John Hall and Vynull Arnett, and later converted into a stave and shingle mill.[4] Finally passing into the ownership of McCampbell & Burgess, the grist mill closed as did finally the saw mill sometime around 1882.[4]

The Jay City chapel was a United Brethren church that was dedicated in 1872, the UB society having earlier organized in a school house located to the south of the hamlet on a cross-roads, with just 4 original members.[4] In 1887 its congregation was recorded as 56 people, with a year-round Sunday school attended by 30.[4] The building was a 32 by 46 feet (9.8 by 14.0 m) frame building.[4]

The other nearby churches were the Fellowship Church, built on section 29 around 1863, with a congregation recorded in 1887 as between 35 and 40, and also with a year-round Sunday school attended by between 50 and 60 people;[4] and the Walnut Grove Church of the United Brethren, built on section 31 around 1887 the churchpeople having previously organized their meetings since 1879 in a school house to the west, with a congregation of around 20 people.[5] The Walnut Grove building was a 28 by 40 feet (8.5 by 12.2 m) frame building.[4]

Jay City had also had a Masonic lodge that met on the 2nd storey of Adams's general store, which was discontinued around 1871.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jay City, Indiana
  2. ^ a b Jay 1922a, p. 253.
  3. ^ a b de Colange 1884, p. 509.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j TLPC 1887, p. 286.
  5. ^ TLPC 1887, pp. 286–287.

Bibliography

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  • Jay, Milton T. (1922a). History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History. Vol. 1. Historical Publishing Company. OCLC 607766443. (History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History at the HathiTrust Digital Library)
  • Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. (Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana at the Internet Archive)
  • de Colange, Leo (1884). The National Gazetteer: A geographical dictionary of the United States. London: Hamilton Adams & Company. LCCN 03009971. OCLC 4740756. (The National Gazetteer: A geographical dictionary of the United States at the Internet Archive)
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