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Fredonia, Indiana

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Fredonia held the county seat from 1822 until 1843. Although it was prominent in its early years — Crawford County's first brick building was constructed in Fredonia — an 1889 county history observed that the community was never prosperous, and "The old houses are fast tumbling down and going to
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Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana
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A post office was established at Fredonia in 1819, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.
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decay". This lack of prosperity was due largely to its location: although it lies along the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fredonia, Indiana
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Cottman, George Streiby; Coleman, Christopher Bush; Esarey, Logan (1921).
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Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Indiana
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fredonia, Indiana
Indiana Magazine of History



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