Stringtown, Fountain County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Stringtown
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 = Fountain
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Wabash
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latd = 40
latm = 02
lats = 29
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 22
longs = 50
longEW = W
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elevation_ft = 640
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postal_code = 47932
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Stringtown, or String Town, was a small mining settlement near Snoddy's Mill (now Coal Creek) in Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana in the United States. An 1881 history of the county offers the following brief description: [cite book
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editor = H. W. Beckwith
title = History of Fountain County
year = 1881
publisher = H. H. Hill and N. Iddings
location = Chicago
pages = 383
chapter = Wabash Township ]

"String Town" is a mining place close to Snoddy's mill. It is a collection of cheap houses mostly erected by the coal companies to be used by the miners. It is of mushroom growth, and an immense business is done, especially in liquors, there being about seventeen saloons at this point. It is hoped that the better element will become stronger, and that at some time this intemperance will cease. There are about 600 men employed in the mines, and the demand for coal is far beyond the ability to supply on account of the scarcity of conveyance. There are religious organizations here, but mostly composed of foreigners engaged in mining.

Geography

Stringtown is located at coor dms|40|02|29|N|87|22|50|W|city.

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