College Corner, Jay County, Indiana
College Corner, Jay County, Indiana | |
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College Corner College Corner | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′39″N 84°58′38″W / 40.41083°N 84.97722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Jay |
| Township | Wayne |
| Elevation | 922 ft (281 m) |
| ZIP code | 47371 |
| FIPS code | 18-14338[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 432765[1] |
College Corner is a former settlement and now a locale (or crossroads community) in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana.
History
College Corner was founded in 1850, and named from the presence of Farmers Academy.[3][4] College Corner had a post office in the mid-1800s, from 1862 until 1872.[5][6] Various maps - from 1887[7] and 1926 [8] show the settlement's loss of housing and structures.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: College Corner, Jay County, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Cravey, Georgia (July 18, 2014). "Early Black Settlements by County - Jay County". Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
Liber was founded in 1853 by a Presbyterian missionary. When George Lowe (aka George Hunter), an African American, was proposed as a student, some stockholders objected and withdrew their support for the school. Farmers' Academy was established as a segregated institution at College Corner, just a short distance down the road from Liber College.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...laid out by Joseph Watson in 1850... Farmers Academy was established here...
- ^ Jay, Milton T. (1922). History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History, Volume 1. Historical Publishing Company. p. 121.
- ^ "Jay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ Griffing, B.N. "Atlas of Jay County, Indiana". Griffing, Gordon, & Co. p. 14. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via Ball State University, Digital Media Repository.
- ^ "Plat Book of Jay County, Indiana, Wayne Township". W.W. Hixson & Co. 1926. p. 14. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via Map Collection, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library.
Sources
- Montgomery, M. W. (1864). History of Jay County, Indiana. Chicago: Church, Goodman, & Cushing. OCLC 3558118. (History of Jay County, Indiana at the Internet Archive College Corner, Jay County, Indiana at the HathiTrust Digital Library, also republished by Kessinger Publishing as ISBN 1-166-18084-0)