Claypool’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Claypool. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Claypool was platted in 1873. The post office at Claypool has been in operation since 1841.
Claypool was previously an important rail transportation hub because it was located at the junction of the Big Four and the Nickel Plate railroad lines.
Claypool is the hometown of two of Indiana's basketball greats, Judi Warren, who became the first Indiana Miss Basketball in 1976, and Kevin Ault, Indiana Mr. Basketball of 1996. Both played for Warsaw Community High School. Judi Warren was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
The town was also notable for the controversial local house church established for a time in the 1970s by Hobart Freeman.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Claypool’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewClaypool-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Claypool, decade by decade
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Nothing in Claypool is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Claypool has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Silver Lake Historic District in Silver Lake, 4.1 miles away.
Claypool and the nearest listed places
Closest to Claypool
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Claypool-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.