Winthrop is a small town in Warren Township

Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana

Warren Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 754.-History:Warren Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.-Geography:...

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Warren County, Indiana

Warren County lies in western Indiana between the Illinois border and the Wabash River in the United States. Before the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the early 19th century, the area was inhabited by several Native American tribes. The county was officially established in 1827 and...

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Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

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History

Winthrop was platted

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....

 on March 3, 1884 by farmer Jacob Morgan Rhode (d. February 8, 1919); the name probably comes from a personal name. A north/south line of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before being purchased by the Missouri Pacific...

 known as the "Coal Road" served the town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Operated after 1922 as the 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...

, it deteriorated in the 1930s and was scrapped around 1945. Few traces of the route remain.

Geography

Winthrop is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Indiana State Road 55

Indiana State Road 55

State Road 55 is a north–south road in Northern and Central Indiana. State Road 55 runs from the Crawfordsville area in the south to Gary in the north, a distance of approximately .-Route description:...

 and about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of the county seat of Williamsport

Williamsport, Indiana

Williamsport is a town in Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,898 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Warren County and is the largest of the four incorporated towns in the county...

, at an elevation of approximately 680 feet. The West Fork of Kickapoo Creek flows to the west and south of town.