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About Churubusco, IN

Turtletown (present-day Churubusco, Indiana) was the birthplace of Little Turtle or "Mihšihkinaahkwa" the great Indiana War Chief and Sagamore of the Miami people. Originally, the area of Churubusco was made up of two towns founded in the 19th century by European Americans: Union and Franklin (in honor of the founding father, Benjamin Franklin) that bordered each other across a railroad track. In the 1840s, the populations of both Franklin and Union grew large enough to qualify each for a post office. Before that time, residents of both towns had to trek 11 miles by foot or horse and buggy to nearby Columbia City to get their mail. Since the towns were in the same location, the Postmaster General ordered the towns to apply for a joint post office.