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The following is an article that appeared in the Sat. July 3, 1954 Warsaw Times-Union, Centennial Issue. Warsaw, IN. PACKERTON FOUNDED BY JOHN PACKER- 1864 In 1864 John Packer came to Kosciusco County and purchased 4 acres of land, now the site of the village of Packerton. Packer also purchased a sawmill owned by David and Winfield Trover. After operating the sawmill for a year Packer returned to his home in Ohio and disposed of the mills he owned there. In April of 1866 he returned with his family to Clay township, Kosciusco County and engaged in the manufacture of lumber on an extensive scale. After the completion of the New York,Chicago and St. Louis railroad through the county 1882, Packer laid out 10 acres of land through which the railway passed and turned them into town lots. Men were soon hard at work erecting houses and stores and by the end of the year a thriving little village could be seen which was called Packerton.
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