1890 Business Directory
Prairie Creek, Vigo Co., IN
Middletown Post Office is situated in the town of Prairie Creek. It is located 15 miles southwest of Terre Haute, IN, population of 250. The churches are the Baptist and Christian. Stage line between Prairie Creek and Terre Haute tri-weekly. Mail daily. Postmaster is John V. Barbre. Following are businesses in Middletown.
Blythe & Ring, millers.
John W. Devoll, Justice of the Peace.
Simeon Elliott, blacksmith.
William I. Gobin, limber manufacturer.
Harper Brothers, general store.
James Hauger, general store.
J. Allen Moore, physician.
C. Homer Morgan, tile manufacturer and general store.
James W. Nebergaul, physician.
George & James Rice, carpenters.
William Stranahan, boarding house.
John M. Talbott, physician.
Oliver Wilson, harness and shoemaker.
Vigo Post Office, a rural post office in Prairie Creek Twp., is located 3 miles west of the Prairie Creek post office and 17 miles from Terre Haute, IN. Terre Haute mail semi-weekly. Curtis C. Watson, Postmaster and General Store. Arthur Bowen, Miller.
Hutton Post Office, located in section 9 in Prairie Creek Twp., and 12 miles from Terre Haute, IN. Mail semi-weekly. Charles N. Hutton, Postmaster, Grocer and Blacksmith. John Troutman, General Store.
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