Vertland, Indiana

At the second election, which was held at the same place in 1826, there were present nearly forty voters Subsequently elections were held at Joseph Johnson's blacksmith-shop, near where No. 5 schoolhouse now stands ; at Fount Kimberlain's residence for several years (it was held there in 1840) ; at Baker's school-house for several years (it was held there in 1842 and 1843) ; at Andrew Bolander's blacksmith-shop and at his residence, situate on the east forty-acre tract of land now owned by William K. Sproul (the election was there in 1849) ; and at Spring Valley school-house No. 8, and was held there until three voting precincts were established. The election was then held at the residence of Henry Cronk, one mile east of Castleton, at Spring Valley school-house No. 8, and at William Hoss' residence, at the cross roads near the David Hoss farm, southwest of Oakland, until the township was divided into three precincts for election purposes and polls established at school-houses Nos. 3, 6, and 9, which are the- present voting places, as follows : Precinct No. 1, at Oakland; Precinct No. 2, at Vertland; Precinct No. 3, at Lawrence.

Passage source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884.

Post-Offices and Villages. - The following-named post-offices are located in Lawrence township, viz. : Castleton, Lawrence, and Oaklandon. At. and from each of these offices the mail arrives and departs twice daily. Mail matter intended for Germantown is sent to Oaklandon, and that bound for Vertland goes to Castleton.

Passage source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884.

Vertland is situated eleven and a half miles northnortheast of Indianapolis, on the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad. It was laid out by Milford H. Vert, March 14, 1851, and given the name of Bellefontaine. It was so called until June 13, 1853, when, upon petition of Milford H. Vert and seven other citizens of Bellefontaine, all voters of said town, the Board of County Commissioners ordered " that the name of said town be, and it is hereby changed to, Vertland ; which name it shall hereafter bear." Originally the town contained thirty-three lots, but many of them have been thrown back into farmingland, and no business of any kind has been carried on there for many years. The first merchants of the town were Hilary and Eaton Thomas. The Castleton Methodist Episcopal Church and the parsonage of the Castleton Circuit are located there. No. 3 school-house is also located there and a graded school taught. James I. Rooker is the only physician in the place. The population of the town is about twentyfive.

Passage source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Lawrence Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.