Beeville, Indiana

Beeville was a small town, now extinct, in Lauramie Township, near the southern border of Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1] It was platted in 1884 along the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad and consisted of at least 10 lots.[2] Though it gained some inhabitants, the town never saw much growth, and little to no trace of it remains today.

Geography

Beeville is located at 40°13'18" North, 86°47'24" West (40.22157, -86.79009) on County Road 600 East at an elevation of approximately 796 feet. It sits in Lauramie Township along the grade of the abandoned railroad.

References

  1. ^ "Railroad Maps of Indiana 1896". http://atlas.ulib.iupui.edu/librarycongress_sid/rr002140.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08. 
  2. ^ "Ghost Towns of Tippecanoe County". http://www.ingenweb.org/intippecanoe/ghosttowns.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-15.