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Brisco, Indiana

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Brisco
Extinct town
Looking east toward the site of Brisco
Looking east toward the site of Brisco
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyWarren County
TownshipPine Township
Elevation
204 m (669 ft)
ZIP code
47993
GNIS feature ID0431533[1]

Brisco (or Briscoe) was a small town in Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana. It began in the 1850s and gained a one-room school in 1856, which operated until 1929. In 1930 the school building became a general store run for more than 50 years by local resident Jim Marquess. Never more than a tiny hamlet, Brisco almost entirely disappeared during the 20th century and now no longer appears on county maps, though the USGS cites it and a cemetery northeast of town still bears the name.

Geography

Brisco was located a quarter mile east of the intersection of County Road 650 North with U.S. Route 41, about 9 miles north-northwest of the county seat of Williamsport.

References

  1. ^ "Brisco". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  • Warren County Historical Society. A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition) (2002).