Hitchcock, Indiana

Hitchcock was named for the local Hitchcock family, including William Hitchcock, who established the first store in the community.^[2] Hitchcock had a general store, post office (established in 1858) and millinery shop, all housed in one two-story building, managed by the Clarence Dennis family, until 1952.^[3]

The town of Hitchcock is shown on many early maps as "Oxonia", and was a station along the Monon Railroad, receiving mail delivered by the train four times a day up until the 1930s. Hitchcock had a one-room schoolhouse, in use up to the 1950s, which still stands today. A major cultural center of the community was the Mt. Zion Methodist Church,^[4] now defunct (supplanted by nearby New Hope Methodist Church in 1970).

Other variant names for the community are Heffren, Hitchcock Station and Hitchcocks Station.^[5]

Hitchcock is located at 38°38′18″N 86°10′10″W / 38.63833°N 86.16944°W / 38.63833; -86.16944.