Lee, Indiana
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History
The site of what is now Lee is first recorded as a station stop on the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad,[3] a company which by late 1879 had completed its initial 40-mile stretch of railroad connecting Rensselaer and Delphi.[4] The following year on 25 October[5] a post office was established at the location to serve the rural districts northwest of Monon with Calvin Anderson as its first postmaster.[6][7] Around 1884 the railroad became known as the Monon Route.[4][8]
Lee was established in 1883 and named for John Lee, the president of the ID&C Railroad, who opened a grain market there.[9][3] Lee's location in the northwestern portion of the county[10] was "a rich district of drained lands, admirably adapted to live stock," and as well as a place for marketing and shipping grain it was also an important local shipping point for hay; a 1915 history notes that hundreds of tons were baled and shipped annually.[11]
In August 1886 the location was platted under the name of Oakdale by Noble J. York, a local businessman and president of the Monon town board,[12] and Benjamin A. Linville, but it was generally known as Lee.[11] In 1949, a petition led to one of Lee's street being vacated .[13][14]
Lee's post office closed on 30 June 1933.[5][15] The line through Lee is now part of CSX Transportation Monon Subdivision[16] and is used by Amtrak. While shown on Amtrak maps, service provided on the Cardinal (and previously also on the Hoosier State) does not stop at Lee.[17]
In 2016, Helen Louise George, an 88-year resident of the area, published History and Reflections of Lee, Indiana which chronicles the history of Lee.[18]
Geography
Lee is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". about Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Monon[6][11] near the intersection of County Roads 1000 North and 500 West[19] and on the rail line between Monon and Rensselaer.[16][20] The surrounding farmland is drained by Slough Creek, a tributary of the Iroquois River[21] that flows just south of Lee in a westward direction.
Gallery
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White County map, 1908
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Monon Township map detail, 1920
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Abandoned church in Lee in 2019
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References
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External links
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- Abandoned church at Lee (image)
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