Alida, Indiana

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'''Alida''' is an unincorporated town in Clinton Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.

==Geography== Alida is located in section 5 of Clinton Township,<ref name="History" /> {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} west of U.S. Route 421 in Indiana.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/idem/waste/files/landfills_antique_inventory_maps_laporte_02.pdf | title=General Highway and Transportation Map - LaPorte County, Indiana | publisher=State of Indiana | date=1977 | location=Indianapolis, IN | accessdate=1 August 2025 | archive-date=September 30, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930105758/https://www.in.gov/idem/waste/files/landfills_antique_inventory_maps_laporte_02.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>

==History== thumb|left|Alida in LaPorte County, Indiana, in 1921. Alida had its start at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio and Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroads, where in 1880 there were just five houses and the rail depot.<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflaporte00chas | title=History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships | publisher=C. C. Chapman & Co. | year=1880 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyoflaporte00chas/page/671 671]}}</ref> Alida was a station on the Monon Route, between Westville and Haskells.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMgmNuDuI5cC&dq=%22alida%22%2B%22watanah%22&pg=PA120 | title=French Lick and West Baden Springs | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | author=Smith, John Martin | year=2007 | location=Charleston, SC | pages=120 | isbn=978-0-7385-5133-3}}</ref>

The village of Alida was noted as the location of a diphtheria epidemic in September 1896. The outbreak, which also affected the La Porte County communities of Hanna and Wanatah, made state and national headlines; a number of deaths were recorded.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com/us/indiana/goshen/goshen-mid-week-news/1896/09-19/page-1 | title= Friday's News Melange | work=Goshen Midweek News | date=1896-09-19 | accessdate=1 August 2025 | location=Goshen, IN | page=1 |quote=The village of Alida, in La Porte county, has the diptheria.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com/us/indiana/goshen/goshen-mid-week-news/1896/09-19/page-2 | title=Epidemic of Diseases | work=Goshen Mid-Week News | date=1896-09-19 | accessdate=1 August 2025 | location=Goshen, IN | page=2 |quote=Diptheria is pronounced epidemic by the secretary of the board of health of Laporte county in the vicinity of Hannah and Wanatah in the southern part of the county. The village of Alida is reported in the same state.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/janesville-daily-gazette-sep-17-1896-p-1/ | work=Janesville Daily Gazette | date=1896-09-17 |title=Unititled | accessdate=2 August 2025 | location=Janesville, WI | page=1 |quote=Cases Are also reported at Alida and Hanna. A number of deaths have been reported.}}</ref>

In 1900, Alida's population was reported as 50 residents.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvNMAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22alida,+la+porte%22&pg=PA3123 | title=The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge | publisher=Eaton and Mains | year=1900 | location=New York City, NY | page=3123}}</ref>

A post office operated in Alida from 1876 until 1932.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=La+Porte | title=La Porte County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 December 2014 | archive-date=December 29, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229104232/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=La+Porte | url-status=live }}</ref>

Alida's population was 30 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=265 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Indiana}} Haskell, Indiana

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Category:Unincorporated communities in LaPorte County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

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