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 McClure Park Time Capsule - Newtown, IN Posted by:  KC9PDY
N 40° 12.235 W 087° 08.875
16T E 487411 N 4450401
This time capsule, placed in 1976, is located at the entance to McClure Park, in Newtown, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WMMKKT
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2014
Views: 2
This time capsule, placed in 1976, is located at the entrance to
McClure Park, in Newtown, Indiana. The plaque described below, is
on the back of a red brick base, built to commemorate the National
Corn Husking Contest held in Newtown in 1935. VISIT
LINK
Text of the Time Capsule plaque
CAPSULE
1976
TO BE
OPENED
2076
The brick base described above is near the American Legion
Quigle-Palin Post #394 VISIT
LINK and a band stand, built in 1929, using funds
from a donation, by Civil War Vet. Charles Dagger McClure. VISIT LINK
Newtown is a town in Richland Township, Fountain County, Indiana,
United States. The population was 256 at the 2010 census. VISIT LINK
According to Find A Grave VISIT
LINK there are currently 1367 burials in
this cemetery.
Richland Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County,
Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was
950. The township contains seven cemeteries, including this one. VISIT
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Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of
Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was
officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The
county seat is Covington. According to the 2000 census, its
population was 17,954; the 2010 population was 17,240. The county
has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about
9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is
also divided into eleven townships which provide local services.
An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state
roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line. The state
of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous
settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have
been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon
followed by others. Fountain County was officially created on
December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826; the
boundaries of the county have not changed since that time. It was
named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at
Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22,
1790, during the Northwest Indian War. VISIT
LINK
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