Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation, also known as Amo Interurban Depot, is a historic interurban train station located at Amo, Indiana.”
Wikipedia article Amo station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Hendricks County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Clay Township in History of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885 names Amo. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Two miles west of Pecksburg, on sections 2, 3, 34 and 35, is Amo, the voting place of the township, and a prosperous place of 200 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1850 by Joseph Morris, and called Morristown, which name was dropped for that of Amd by some of its classical-minded citizens. The first house was built by William Tomlinson, who lives yet in the village. The business firms of. to-day are: E. B. Owen, general store; Cook & Masten, grocery and meat market; Thomas Mendenhall, grocery; Roberts & Marshall, saw-mill; Pearson & Snodgrass, livery; G.W. McCloud, livery; I. H. George, drugstore and postoffice; A. J. Croeswaite, blacksmith and wagon shop; W. W. Ralston, station agent.
Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885.
Milton E. Radley is a representative of one of the mostprorai. nent pioneer families of Hendricks County, and is one of the oldest living natives of the county. He was born in Center Township in December, 1829, a son of Simon T. Hadley, the second Clerk of i Hendricks County. He has livel in Clay Township since 1870 and owns a fine farm on section 32. He now resides in the village of Amo. His wife was Jane Phillips, daughter of John Phillips. They have no children, but have an adopted daughter - Sarah.
Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885.
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 Clay Township - 6,757 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation in 2010, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BLANTON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amo, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amo | $1,500 | Power lines were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report was received via social media. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amo | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated in this location. This report was relayed by the Hendricks County EMA. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Amo | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amo | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McCormack-Bowman House | 4.0 miles | 1995 |
 | Wilson-Courtney House | 6.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Danville Main Street Historic District | 6.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Hendricks County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | 6.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Danville Courthouse Square Historic District | 6.9 miles | 2010 |
 | Dr. Jeremiah and Ann Jane DePew House | 7.0 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06001294 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hendricks County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
Block