Flora’s Station on the Logansport, Crawfordsville and Southwestern Railway was platted in 1872 for John Flora on land he had entered in 1829. The Ino Post Office was established in 1872 and renamed Flora in 1873. The community was also called Fountain City because of its flowing wells. Pikes Peak, one-half mile south and east, had a sawmill and shops until 1889. Near this place stood a log cabin school, and in 1876 the first church, St. Paul’s Lutheran, was built.