unincorporated community
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in
Fairplay Township, Greene County, Indiana
Fairplay Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana
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,
United States
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.
History
Elliston was named for Mr. Ellis, a pioneer. A post office was established at Elliston in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1910. It was the site of a rare triple crossing, a place where three railroad lines cross in the same location. The Bedford and Bloomfield Branch of the
Monon Railroad
The Monon Railroad , also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville R ...
, the Evansville and Indiana Railroad (later part of the
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
), and the Indianapolis Southern/
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, ...
all met at a small station owned by the E&I. The Monon and E&I crossed at grade while the IS/IC crossed directly overhead. Only the station and IS/IC bridge remain today. The bridge is still in active service as part of the
Indiana Rail Road
The Indiana Rail Road is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of . This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Ind ...
's Indianapolis Subdivision.
Geography
It is located on the west side of the White River.