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Manson is an unincorporated community in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town is named for Mahlon Dickerson Manson, a general in the American Civil War and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.[3]
History
Manson was laid out June 30, 1874, by Lucinda Clark, David Clark and Rebecca Clark. The New Lights had a small church in Manson in the early 20th century.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Manson, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indianap. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. p. 32.
- ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Perry Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
External links
- Media related to Manson, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons