Editing Griffin, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[Image:1925tornado-p2o-b.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the town of Griffin, Indiana, after the tornado where 26 people were killed]]
Griffin was originally called Price's Station, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881 by William Price, and named for him.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leffel|first=John C.|title=History of Posey County, Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNgqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118|year=1913|publisher=Standard Publishing Company|page=118}}</ref> The present name honors Samuel Griffin, an early postmaster.<ref>{{cite book|title=Exploring Indiana Highways: Trip Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j7zds6xx7S0C&pg=PA145|year=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=978-0-9744358-3-1|page=145}}</ref> A post office called Griffin has been in operation since 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Posey | title=Posey County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 1, 2015}}</ref>

The town was destroyed by the [[1925 Tri-State tornado]] on the afternoon of March 18, 1925, killing 44 people and injuring over 200. In 1972, a nearby outdoor rock concert [[Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival]] caused quite a stir in the town over the course of three days. Locally, the fest was called the Bull Island rock fest, based on the location of the festival.