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Finkenbiner's Corners (named place)

Introduction

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This ghost town never even made it to hamlet status despite what would appear to be an ideal location near what once was a major crossroads.

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Finkenbiner's Corners today

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Finkenbiner's Corners in 1866

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Finkenbiner's Corners in 1879

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Backstory and Context

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Finkenbiner’s Corners (also spelled Finkbiner, Finkbeiner) was a small crossroads and the location of a saw mill in 1866. In 1879 there was a Blacksmith ¼ mile west of the intersection and a church ¼ mile east. Schools were a mile north and a mile south. Its location just south of the junction of two major early roads: the Liberty Mills Plank road (now the Bracken Rd.) and the Goshen Rd. (now Indiana 5) seemed to make it an ideal spot for a community to grow. For some reason, it failed to flourish.

Sources

  1. Map of Huntington Co., Indiana. 1866. Warner, Hayes & Warner. Ligonier, Ind.: E.B. Gerber & C.S. Warner.
  2. Combination Atlas Map of Huntington County, Indiana. 1879. Kingman Bros.
  3. Map of Huntington County, Indiana: 1834 – 1984. 1984. Huntington County Historical Society.
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1866 Map of Huntington County

1879 Map of Huntington County

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