College Corner, Jay County, Indiana

College Corner, Jay County,
Indiana
Unincorporated community
College Corner is located in Indiana
College Corner
College Corner
College Corner is located in the United States
College Corner
College Corner
Coordinates: 40°24′39″N 84°58′38″W / 40.41083°N 84.97722°W / 40.41083; -84.97722
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyJay
TownshipWayne
Elevation
[1]
922 ft (281 m)
ZIP code
47371
FIPS code18-14338[2]
GNIS feature ID432765[1]

College Corner is a former settlement and now a locale (or crossroads community) in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana.

History

College Corner was founded in 1850, and named from the presence of Farmers Academy.[3][4] College Corner had a post office in the mid-1800s, from 1862 until 1872.[5][6] Various maps - from 1887[7] and 1926 [8] show the settlement's loss of housing and structures.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: College Corner, Jay County, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Cravey, Georgia (July 18, 2014). "Early Black Settlements by County - Jay County". Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved December 10, 2025. Liber was founded in 1853 by a Presbyterian missionary. When George Lowe (aka George Hunter), an African American, was proposed as a student, some stockholders objected and withdrew their support for the school. Farmers' Academy was established as a segregated institution at College Corner, just a short distance down the road from Liber College.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...laid out by Joseph Watson in 1850... Farmers Academy was established here...
  5. ^ Jay, Milton T. (1922). History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History, Volume 1. Historical Publishing Company. p. 121.
  6. ^ "Jay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Griffing, B.N. "Atlas of Jay County, Indiana". Griffing, Gordon, & Co. p. 14. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via Ball State University, Digital Media Repository.
  8. ^ "Plat Book of Jay County, Indiana, Wayne Township". W.W. Hixson & Co. 1926. p. 14. Retrieved December 10, 2025 – via Map Collection, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library.

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