Dark Hollow, Indiana
Unincorporated community in Indiana, U.S.
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Dark Hollow is a former unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, in the United States.[1]
Geography
Dark Hollow lay west of Oolitic, near Patton Hill.[2] It was in Indian Creek Township.[3] It was 3.9 miles (6.3 km) from Bedford.[4]
History
A post office was established at Dark Hollow in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1901.[5] The community was named after the Dark Hollow Stone Company, which operated a quarry in a shady hollow.[6][7][8]
Stone from the Dark Hollow quarry, which was founded in 1877, was used for the Indiana State House. A spur line of the Monon Railroad ran to the community.[2]
Dark Hollow was listed as a town or hamlet, alongside more than 40 other Lawrence County communities, in the History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana (1914).[9] Its population was small, being 8 residents in 1900.[10]
By the 1990s, Dark Hollow was considered an abandoned town.[3]
