Maryland Ridge Community (Indiana)

Maryland Ridge in Indiana was an unincorporated community of settlers from Calvert County, Maryland in the early 19th century. The settlers came to Indiana after the War of 1812 in successive waves between 1818 and 1839. One community where they settled became known as Maryland Ridge.^[1][2] The geographic area follows the ridges and streams of Indian Creek along the Monroe-Greene County line.

The first land entries in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana: John Storms, on Section 36 (in the southeastern part), in October 1816; Isaac Storms, on the same section, in December 1816; William Carter, on Section 25, in December 1817; Abel Burlingame, on Section 35, in August, 1818; Daniel Rollins, on Section 1 (in the northeast part), in 1820; John Gardner, on the same section, in 1820; Garret Gibson, on Section 10, in 1822; and Joseph Burch, on Section 9, in 1826.

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• Baber, Jack (1875). Early history of Greene County, Indiana: as taken from the official records, and compiled from authentic recollection, by pioneer settlers ... including brief sketches of pioneer families. Worthington. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
• History of Greene and Sullivan counties, state of Indiana, from the earliest time to the present. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. 1884. OCLC 10221693.

• Indiana History Bulletin. 11. Indiana Historical Bureau. 1934.

• History of Greene County. Chicago: Taylor Publishing Company. 1990.
• Greene County Indiana Historical Society
• Monroe County Indiana Historical Society