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Colonel Thomas Hendricks, a veteran of the War of 1812, founded this town in 1821, built the first cabin, and donated one hundred acres of ground to the new town. On June 14, 1822, Elizabeth Trimble Hendricks, wife of Colonel Thomas Hendricks, named Greensburg for her native town in Pennsylvania.
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Greensburg, Indiana · United States
