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==History== Veedersburg is a newer name for the old town of Chambersburg, which was first settled by early inhabitants Jonathan Birch and John Colvert, on the north fork of Coal Creek in the spring of 1823. It was first located in Cain Township, but became part of the newer township of Van Buren in 1841.<ref>Beckwith, W. H. History of Fountain County, Chicago: H. H. Hill and N. Iddings Publishers, 1881, pp. 12, 233-234, 286, 398</ref> Veedersburg was founded in 1871.<ref>{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Wanda Lou|title=Haunted Hoosier Trails: A Guide to Indiana's Famous Folklore Spooky Sites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rkp4anMNwqUC&pg=PA51|date=October 9, 2013|publisher=Guild Press|isbn=978-1-57860-115-8|page=51}}</ref> It was named for one of its founders, Peter S. Veeder.<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/333 333]|quote=This town was platted...by Peter S. Veeder...}}</ref> Veedersburg was incorporated as a town in 1872.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://veedersburg.net/includes/about.html | title=About | publisher=Town of Veedersburg, IN | access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref>
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