Huggart Settlement
N 41° 32.118 W 086° 18.725
16T E 557384 N 4598411
NW corner at junction of SR 4 & Mulberry Road east of Potato Creek State Park, Union Township.
Waymark Code: WM1JQT
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2007
Views: 69
First land purchased by Huggart brothers in 1834; area settled and farmed by their families and several other African-American households circa 1850-1890s. Settlement families attended nearby schools and churches and worked with neighbors in surrounding areas. Many residents were buried in nearby Porter-Rea Cemetery now in Potato Creek State Park.
County: St Joseph
Year Placed: 1998
Name: Huggart Settlement
ID#: 71.1998.1
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