Page 392 of the reprinted History of Randolph County says
Huntsville has "...one post office (Trenton)...".
Page 393 says this "The post office at Huntsville is called
Trenton. It would be better to the call the place so, too.
To have the town differ in name from the post office is a
needless trouble, and brings much confusion."
Page 475, in a section about Losantsville, says "Losantsville
(at first called Hunt's Cross Roads) was laid out in 1851 by
Howard Hunt."
There is another HUNTSVILLE in Madison County IN northeast
of Pendelton that first used the Huntsville name for its
post office. That's why the post office at the RCI Huntsville
could not be named Huntsville. Some where I have seen the
it reported that there was a sufficient number of Hunt families
in the area that insisted the village name remain Huntsville.
unicorn1945 wrote:
The original name of Trenton belonged to the Huntsville community.
That's just a little north and east of Modoc. My gg grandparents lived there and
their house is still standing.
Shirley
----- Original Message -----
From: Marta Vaillancourt
To: INRANDOL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: [INRANDOL] actual name of area formerly called "Trenton" but now
known as "Modoc"?
Hello,
My great-great grandfather Capt. Jacob A. JACKSON signed up for the Civil
War (69th-Co. D) and he was "of Trenton", Randolph Co., IN. His actual
home, which I just discovered, is presently at 4914 W. 850 S. in Modoc,
Randolph Co., IN. Was Trenton the former name of Modoc? I would welcome
any help with information on this! Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Marta Jackson Vaillancourt
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