Swanington is an unincorporated town in Center Township

Center Township, Benton County, Indiana

Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,854. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.-Geography:...

, Benton County

Benton County, Indiana

Benton County is located along in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is also divided into 11 townships which...

, Indiana

Indiana

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. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area

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History

Swanington was plat

Plat

A plat in the U.S. is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Other English-speaking countries generally call such documents a cadastral map or plan....

ted by William Swan at the intersection of the existing Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States....

 (the "Big Four") which ran southeast from nearby Fowler

Fowler, Indiana

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 and the new Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad

Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad

The Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad , nicknamed the "Dolly Varden Line", was a railroad linking small towns in west central and northwestern Indiana to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway near Momence, Illinois...

. Before its platting, the site was known as Wyndham, the name possibly coming from the town of Windham, Connecticut

Windham, Connecticut

Windham is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the city of Willimantic and the villages of Windham Center, North Windham, and South Windham. The city of Willimantic was consolidated with the town in 1983...

. In the 1920s the town supported a general store, grain elevator, grade school, United Brethren

United Brethren

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 church and about 100 people.

Geography

Swanington is located at 40°35′00"N 87°16′38"W in Center Township, on U.S. Route 52

U.S. Route 52

U.S. Route 52 is a United States highway that runs across the northern, eastern and southeastern regions of the United States. Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S...

 southeast of Fowler

Fowler, Indiana

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