Hinkle Creek is a stream in

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which empties into Morse Reservoir. Via Cicero Creek, the outlet of Morse Reservoir, it is part of the White River watershed, and thence the Wabash,

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, and

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rivers. Quaker settlers established Hinkle Creek Church in 1836 near the stream. Other settlers also established communities in the area. Two mills were built on the creek in

Deming, Indiana Deming is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. History Antebellum (1833-1861) In 1833, David Anthony, Joseph Hadley, William Pickett, and Jesse Beals became the first recorded American pio ...

. The first mill was known as Cook's mill, and it existed for a number of years between 1833 and 1865. In 1865, the second mill, known as S. & G. mill, was built near or on the site of Cook's mill.

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