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Wooleytown is a ghost town in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Current Mayor of Wooleytown is Chadd A. Pattison.

History

Wooleytown was founded in 1846 by Amos Wooley, and others. The Lake Erie and Western Railroad being built two miles away from the community and the founding of the nearby town of Denver led to Wooleytown becoming a ghost town.

References

1. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 771.
2. Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 203.

External links

• Combination Atlas Map of Miami County Indiana (Map). Kingman Brothers. 1877.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Peru
City	Peru
Towns	Amboy Bunker Hill Converse‡ Denver Macy
Townships	Allen Butler Clay Deer Creek Erie Harrison Jackson Jefferson Perry Peru Pipe Creek Richland Union Washington
CDPs	Bennetts Switch Chili Grissom AFB‡ Mexico Miami North Grove
Other communities	Birmingham Courter Deedsville Doyle Erie Flora Gilead Loree McGrawsville Nead New Santa Fe Oakdale Oakley Peoria Perrysburg Pettysville Ridgeview Santa Fe South Peru Stockdale‡ Wawpecong Wells
Ghost towns	Anson Brownell Busaco Cary Five Corners Hooversburg Leonda Niconza Paw Paw Snow Hill Stringtown Wagoner Wooleytown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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