Wolcott was platted in May 1861 when the railroad was extended to that point and is named after its founder, Anson Wolcott. Oliver Wolcott, an ancestor of Anson, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A post office, which with a zip code of 47995, the highest zip code within Indiana, has been in operation at Wolcott since 1861. Wolcott was first incorporated on May 3, 1873, however the town was dissolved two years later in 1875 due to lack of government funding. Wolcott was reincorporated in 1889.
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History of the town of Wolcott (Connecticut) from 1731 to 1874, with an account of the centenary meeting, September 10th and 11th, 18731874 · page 179Read the page →
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Know all men by these presents, that whereas the General Assembly, at their session in May last, incorporated the parish of Farmingbury into a distinct town from a part of the towns of Southington and Waterbury, by the name of Wolcott, said Wolcott to support their proportion of the town poor, and the town of Southington having appointed Asa Barnes, Ashbel Cowles, Elizur Andrews, Samuel Hart, and Daniel Langton, jr., and the said town of Wolcott having appointed Jacob Carter, Nathaniel
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History of the town of Wolcott (Connecticut) from 1731 to 1874, with an account of the centenary meeting, September 10th and 11th, 18731874 · page 164Read the page →
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about to erect a house of public worship in said Wolcott, and being desirous to set the same somewhere near the Congregational Meeting house in said Wolcott, or as near as a suitable spot of ground can be obtained for that purpose, we, therefore, whose names are underwritten, petition the inhabitants of said Wolcott, in legal town meeting this day assembled, for leave to erect said house on the most eligible spot of ground belonging to said town of Wolcott on the south part of the public green.
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Rose neightborhood sketches, Wayne County, New York1893 · page 325Read the page →
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In spite, however, of all hindrances, population poured in till, in 1810, the original town of Wolcott possessed 480 inhabitants. Immigration was rapid, and the difficulties of assembling for town meetings, alternately at Wolcott Village and Stewart's corners, resulted in the dismemberment of the old town and the creation of three new ones, viz.. Rose, Huron and Butler. We may be pardoned a morsel of pride as we reflect that the year of our separation was the semi-centennial of the Declaration of Independence, though we made our start in February rather than July. Had it
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Wolcott, 1861 to 1902
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