New Maysville - Part 2
We recently discussed the early history of New Maysville. We will now discuss some of the important events and people of this community....
New Maysville - Part 1
New Maysville was an early thriving community in sections 27 and 34 of Jackson Township, which is in Northeastern Putnam County. The...
Blakesburg
Located in southeastern Russell Township, Blakesburg was one of the first settled communities in Putnam County. It had the second post...
Fincastle
Fincastle is a small community ten miles north of Greencastle. It was platted May 17, 1839, about ten years after Blakesburg which was a...
Clinton Falls
The area we now know as Clinton Falls was apparently first called Booneville. North and west of here was an early timber industry, where...
Gillespie / Lynch House
The Putnam County Museum currently has on display various paintings of noted Putnam County artist Elisha Cowgill. One of these paintings...
Swanksville
When I started this project of sharing the information on the old and often forgotten communities in Putnam County, I had some details...
Locust Grove School in Monroe Twp
There was once a high school called Locust Grove which was located in the southeast part of Section 23 of Monroe Township. This school,...
Keytsville in Madison Township
Keytsville was a collection of homes and a few businesses on the Putnam/Parke County Line about eight miles west of Greencastle, and just...