Editing Attica, Indiana (section)

==History==
Attica was laid out by George Hollingsworth and [[plat]]ted by David Stump in 1825.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hawes|first1=George W.|last2=Sutherland|first2=James|title=G. W. Hawes' Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmnXxZbPqcYC&pg=PA10|year=1859|publisher=Geo. W. Hawes, Pub. and Proprietor|page=10}}</ref>  The completion of the [[Wabash and Erie Canal]] through the town in 1847 brought a considerable amount of growth to the area, and ended (in Attica's favor) a long-standing rivalry with the neighboring communities of [[Rob Roy, Indiana|Rob Roy]], [[Williamsport, Indiana|Williamsport]] and [[Covington, Indiana|Covington]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Morrison|first=Carol Parks|title=Presbyterian Pioneers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zestrRlGlbkC&pg=PA48|year=2006|publisher=Xulon Press|isbn=978-1-60034-159-5|page=48}}</ref>

Attica is the nearest town to the location where [[Paul Dresser]] is believed to have written the state song, "[[On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away]]", in 1897, and the bridge over the [[Wabash River]] bears his name.

The growth of Attica led to its inclusion of neighboring unincorporated communities such as Vine,<ref>{{GNIS|445305}}</ref> for which a post office has been established in 1895, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Fountain&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Fountain County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> According to one source, the name Vine had been chosen for its brevity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/335 335]|quote=...simply because it's short.}}</ref> Modernly, the location is marked by the southern termination of North Vine School Road.

The [[Attica Downtown Historic District]], [[Attica Main Street Historic District]], [[Brady Street Historic District]], [[Marshall M. Milford House]], and [[Old East Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>