Talbot, Indiana

Talbot, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Talbot
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Benton
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Hickory Grove
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latd = 40
latm = 30
lats = 19
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longm = 27
longs = 15
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_ft = 768
founder = Ezekiel and Marietta Talbot
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postal_code = 47944
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Talbot is an unincorporated town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana.

History

The town of Talbot was laid out by Ezekiel M. Talbot (chief engineer of the LM&B Railroad) and his wife Marietta on February 18, 1873, the plat consisting of 71 lots. The couple would also lay out the nearby town of Ambia two years later.cite book
last = Mossman
first = Ed
title = Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical
publisher = F. A. Battey & Co.
location = Chicago
date = 1883
chapter = History of Benton County: Past Events -- Present Condition
] In the 1920s, Talbot had a population of about 200, plus a Methodist church, grain elevator, grade school and eight to ten businesses.cite book
last = Birch
first = Jesse Setlington
title = History of Benton County and Historic Oxford
origyear = 1928
year = 1942
month =
publisher = Craw & Craw
location = Oxford, Indiana
pages = p. 206
chapter = Towns of the County
]

Geography

Talbot is located at coor dms|40|30|19|N|87|27|15|W|city in Hickory Grove Township and is surrounded by open, fertile farmland. The Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad passes through the town, and intersects the short Bee Line Railroad a mile to the west at a point known as Handy.

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