Leonda, Indiana

For other uses, see Leonda (disambiguation).

Leonda was a community, now extinct, in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Leonda was laid out in 1851 by Jacob Pottarff and Harvey Hoover.[1] In its heyday, the town had a post office, a general store, and a hotel. When the Pan Handle Railroad was built in Miami County, it was not extended to Leonda, being built through nearby Bunker Hill instead. This led to Leonda becoming a ghost town.[2]

A post office was established at Leonda in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1860.[3]

References

  1. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 744.
  2. ^ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 192.
  3. ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

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