College Corner is a small village that sits on the state line between Union County, Indiana and Butler and Preble Counties, Ohio. Few towns present more challenges to a genealogist since the town is located in two states, three counties, and sometimes two time zones!
Here are photos and scenes that I have collected. Click on any photos to see a larger view.
Early postcard from a College Corner Fall
Festival Farmers State Bank Here is a photograph of the graduating class of
College Corner School, 1898. Click
on the photo and see a larger version of it.
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Identifications will be given Here is another large photo showing more
College Corner Students. Here is a photo of the Old Town Pump in 1907. College Corner hotel Tallawanda Springs was a popular tourist
attraction near College Corner. Includes some
photos shared by a wonderful 102 year old lady who
lived there as a child. College Corner had a veterinarian in the early years.
Animal Health products were also manufactured in College
Corner. Irwin's and related lines from Union County. College Corner Cemetery is one of the most beautiful.
Click on the photo to see more. College Corner Residents at a Preble County Picnic.
Click on the picture for a larger view. The College Corner Union High School was very unique
in that it was located on the state line. The College Corner Methodist Church about
1920. The West College Corner Covered Bridge. Other Union County, Indiana residents. Mainly
Driscols. My family apparently had a number of
Union County friends that they exchanged photos with before
and after arriving in Missouri. Here is a list of identified
photos: Jessie Trafer, Erastus
Howell, Ella Howell, Ella Driscoll, Mary Elizabeth Driscoll,
John Driscoll, Anna and Ruba Ardery, Melvin and Jake Barker,
Anna Maley, Geo. Reese and wife, Clifford Davis.
Visit the Union County, Indiana genealogy site.
Go back to Lyndon's genealogy page.
Background music is "Weeping Willow", by Scott Joplin, 1903