Boggstown, Indiana

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Boggstown
Town
Boggstown
Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°W / 39.56306; -85.91639Coordinates: 39°33′47″N 85°54′59″W / 39.56306°N 85.91639°W / 39.56306; -85.91639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Sugar Creek
Elevation 761 ft (232 m)
ZIP code 46110
FIPS code 18-6292[1]
GNIS feature ID 431294[2]

Boggstown is an unincorporated town in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, Indiana. The population has varied between 350 and 500 persons in recent years.

During the American Civil War, the town and the surrounding township seceded from the Union.[3] Actress Marjorie Main, best known as Ma Kettle, spent her teenage years here growing up on the first road north of town (300 North).

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ↑ "Boggstown, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  3. ↑ "The History of the Boggstown Cabaret". Retrieved 2003-12-04. 
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