The Ghost Town of Weisburg, Indiana

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The town of Weisburg, Indiana was laid out in 1858 and was named after Phillip Weis a local mill owner. At one time the town of Weisburg was a major center of activity in the northern section of Dearborn County. Once home to a hotel, train depot, a mill and grain business, a post office, two stores, a blacksmith shop and several saloons. Weisburg had a one room school house which burned in 1940. A set of railroad tracks runs directly through town and at one time there were two sets of tracks. In the early 1900s a spark from a steam locomotive ignited a fire in Wesiburg which consumed several buildings.

Weisburg is also known for its extremely productive fossil beds with information listed in school books used by universities around the country.

As rail transportation gave way to the automobile, Weisburg slowly turned into the small cluster of houses you now see as you drive through town.

GPS Location: 39°13'04.5"N 85°02'46.9"W