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The work now being quietly done is the beginning of one of the most interesting records the government has ever made.

The announcement is made from Washington that every farmhouse in Indiana is to be reached by rural mail delivery carriers within two years; which means that the work of locating every house in the state will be completed in that time.

Since April 1 seventeen Indiana counties have been supplied with rural mail service. In fourteen of these the work of making a complete record of the rural districts has been completed. Every farmhouse and the population of the country districts have been set forth in carefully prepared maps, which locate all roads and indicate their character--whether dirt or gravel, good or bad.

So complete in this information, by counties, that the 41,997 farmhouses in the fourteen of the seventeen counties have been located down to their very acre. It is found that the rural population of these 41,997 homes is 216,565 persons. Information can be had concerning ages and sex. The following is part of the information compiled for these counties:

The measurements of roads, both gravel and dirt, in counties whose records of this kind have been thus far left vacant are being made now. The statistics for the maps of Gibson, Posey and Delaware counties, whose complete county service was instituted by experts from Washington, are now being compiled in Indianapolis, and it is expected that they will be completed in a short time.
It is not known yet how valuable these complete records will be. There are many ways in which the maps, when completed for the entire state, can be used with very great effect in promoting business, and they will be very valuable for the information of the public if the government decides to give that information by a reproduction of the maps.

The Hour Glass Newsletter George Svihla, Editor 762-5184 gsvihla@delphi.com Historical Society Officers Naomi Svihla, President Susan Clouser, Vice President Donald Kurtz, Treasurer Jane Sutton, Secretary George Svihla, Curator Peter Youngman, Historian Board of Directors Margaret Benninger Evelyn Childs Susan Clouser Donald Kurtz Constance Richter John Skafish Courtney VanLopik Naomi Svihla George Svihla Thomas Tittle Jane Sutton Peter Youngman

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NOVEMBER 16, 1997  1:30 to 4:00 PM
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Web-published 21st September, 1999. Slightly altered and reposted 18th February, 2003.