Rob Roy, Indiana

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Rob Roy is a village in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana in the United States. It was named by local John Foster, a lover of literature who was especially fond of Walter Scott's novels, after the Scottish outlaw Robert Roy MacGregor. Begun in the late 1820s, Rob Roy grew slowly but steadily, and by 1836 had "five dry goods stores and four groceries, a hotel, three physicians, and was in the center of a very active settlement." The passage of the Chicago and Block Coal Railway through the town also stimulated growth, but competition with nearby Attica (which was on the Wabash and Erie Canal) eventually led to Rob Roy's demise. The town today consists only of a small gathering of homes.

[edit] Geography

Rob Roy is located at 40°14'26" North, 87°15'00" West (40.240400|-87.250000), approximately three miles south of Attica along U.S. Route 41. The site overlooks the confluence of Big Shawnee Creek and Little Shawnee Creek, half a mile to the west.