Curtisville, Indiana

Curtisville was founded by L.B. Colvin just prior to 1859. Colvin built a sawmill on the railroad that traveled through Madison Township and sold as much lumber as possible so he could secure a train station. Around the same time the first retail operations were opened in Curtisville, in a building on the east side of town that was built by A.B. Newman. Lumber remained the primarily economy for the town. Other services in Curtisville included blacksmithing.^[3]

In 1859, a post office was installed in Curtisville. Jacob Oldacre served as postmaster.^[3] The post office ran until it was discontinued in 1951.^[4] A Missionary Baptists congregation was founded in Curtisville in 1860. A church was built in 1861.^[5] The land was surveyed and divided into a plat in 1873. As of 1914, 200 people lived in town and the primary economic driver was the Curtisville Tile and Brick Company.^[3]

• Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).

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