Editing Eaton, Indiana (section)

==History==
Eaton was laid out and [[plat]]ted in 1854.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lasley|first=Norma|title=Delaware County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhqWZY1YhakC&pg=PA33|year=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9430-9|page=33}}</ref> The town was incorporated September 10, 1873, soon after the railroad had been built through the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Kemper, William Harrison | year=1908 | pages=99}}</ref>

The first discovery of [[natural gas]] in Indiana occurred in the town of Eaton in 1876.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indiana History: A Book of Readings|author=Gray, Ralph|year=1995|pages=187|isbn=0-253-32629-X|publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref> The discovery set off the [[Indiana Gas Boom]], leading to two decades of rapid regional growth.

[[File:Eaton-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|Eaton from the air, looking northeast.]]