Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad
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The Evansville and Crawfordsville
Railroad Company was Evansville, Indiana
's first railroad company. It was first chartered in 1853 by William D. Griswold, a lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana
. It later was renamed Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad in 1877.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County...
Railroad Company was Evansville, Indiana
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...
's first railroad company. It was first chartered in 1853 by William D. Griswold, a lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
. It later was renamed Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad in 1877.