# Talbot, Indiana

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**Talbot** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Hickory Grove Township](/source/Hickory_Grove_Township,_Benton_County,_Indiana), [Benton County](/source/Benton_County,_Indiana), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Indiana](/source/Indiana).[2] It is part of the [Lafayette, Indiana](/source/Lafayette,_Indiana) [Metropolitan Statistical Area](/source/Lafayette,_Indiana_metropolitan_area).

## History

The town of Talbot was laid out by Ezekiel M. Talbot[3] (chief engineer of the [LM&B Railroad](/source/Lafayette,_Muncie_and_Bloomington_Railroad)) and his wife Marietta on February 18, 1873, the [plat](/source/Plat) consisting of 71 lots. The couple would also lay out the nearby town of [Ambia](/source/Ambia,_Indiana) two years later.[4] In the 1920s, Talbot had a population of about 200, plus a Methodist church, grain elevator, grade school and eight to ten businesses.[5]

A post office was established at Talbot in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995.[6]

## Geography

Talbot is located at [40°30′19″N 87°27′15″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=40_30_19_N_87_27_15_W) in Hickory Grove Township and is surrounded by open, fertile farmland. The [Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad](/source/Kankakee,_Beaverville_and_Southern_Railroad) passes through the town, and intersects the short [Bee Line Railroad](/source/Bee_Line_Railroad) a mile to the west at a point known as Handy.

## References

1. ["U.S. Census website"](https://www.census.gov). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved 2008-01-31.

1. "Talbot, Indiana". *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). Retrieved February 29, 2020.

1. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). [*From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History*](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake). Indiana University Press. p. [319](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n336). ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...was laid out on February 18, 1873, by Ezekiel M. Talbot and named for him.

1. Mossman, Ed (1883). "History of Benton County: Past Events -- Present Condition". *Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical*. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.

1. Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942 [1928]). "[Unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) s of the County". *History of Benton County and Historic Oxford*. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 206.

1. ["Benton County"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Benton&searchtext=&pagenum=1). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 29, 2020.

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