Editing Loogootee, Indiana (section)

==History==
Loogootee was established in 1853,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raines |first1=Bill |title=Martin County Celebrates 200 Years Of History {{!}} WBIW |url=https://www.wbiw.com/2020/08/10/martin-county-celebrates-200-years-of-history/ |website=WBIW |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=10 August 2020}}</ref> when it was certain that a new railroad line would be extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xqSIsUF76QC&pg=PA256|title=Hoosier Folk Legends|date=1 August 1984|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-20334-1|page=256}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Blanchard|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pho9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA361|title=History of the Catholic Church in Indiana ...|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company|year=1898|page=361}}</ref> The post office at Loogootee has been in operation since 1857.<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin County|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Martin|accessdate=June 25, 2017|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref> Reader's Digest considers the name to be the hardest to pronounce in the state of Indiana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ronimous |first=Jason |date=2024-07-08 |title=What is the hardest town name to pronounce in Indiana? |url=https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/what-is-the-hardest-town-name-to-pronounce-in-indiana/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Indianapolis News {{!}} Indiana Weather {{!}} Indiana Traffic {{!}} WISH-TV {{!}} |language=en-US}}</ref>