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Pottertown

Ghost town · Parke County, Indiana

Montezuma quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:24,000)
Montezuma quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pottertown is a ghost town in Parke County, Indiana. It is one of 4 former communities in Parke County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pottertown as a historical populated place on the Montezuma topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8309° N, 87.2622° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMontezuma
Elevation646 ft
Nearest living townBloomingdale, IN
Distance to it0.6 miles
GNIS feature ID452161
Coordinates39.83087, -87.26224

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What's there now

Pottertown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bloomingdale, IN (population 302), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 646 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pottertown?

Pottertown is in Parke County, Indiana, at 39.8309, -87.2622.

How many ghost towns are in Parke County?

Parke County, Indiana has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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