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Business Information
Greens Fork, Indiana

Early Businesses
|1912 |1998 | Banks in Greens Fork

Early Merchants Business:
William Roller Hardware Store on west side of Main Street (4th place from Pearl).  Moved it and Post Office to Pearl Street, west of grocery.   Building was previously used as a motion picture house and gym and was owned by a Mr. Fagan.

John Ellis, Jr. Grocery (S.W. corner of Pearl & Main Streets). Previous location S.E. corner of the same streets.

Ernest Newman Hatchery (N.E. corner of Main & Pearl Streets).

Businesses in 1912:

  • Churches - 4 (four)
  • National Bank - organized December 28, 1904, Charter 7124 dated Feb. 4, 1904.
  • Merchandise Store - owned by George Mosey
  • Grocery Stores - 3 (three) owned by William Ellis, Charles Kienzle, & E. G. Hatfield
  • Meat Markets - 2 (two) owned by William Ellis & J. C. Ridge
  • Blacksmith Shop - owned by Ed Allen & Fred Cain
  • Hardware Store - owned by William Roller
  • Meeting Halls - Gaylor Hall, Masonic Lodge Hall,
  • Opera House
  • Hotels - 3 (three)
  • Restaurants -2 (two)
  • 5 & 10 Cent Store
  • Furniture Store
  • Milliner Store
  • Drug Store
  • Doctors - 3 (three) - William Neff, James Kerr, Fred Kienzle
  • Shoe Store owned by Samuel Kaucher
  • Bakery
  • Electric Light Plant
  • Barber Shops - 2 (two) - owned by Lafayette Stiggleman, Earl Stevenson
  • Poultry Butter & Eggs Co. - Owned by Daniel Harris & Eden Martindale
  • Stock Yards - owned by Eden Martindale
  • Telephone Cooperative Co.
  • Wayne Co. Lumber Co. - Managed by Thomas Turkleson
  • Cement Factory -owned by William Wise & Son.

Businesses in 2008:

  • Birthday Chocolates, 6911 Palmer Road; Phone: 765-886-5448
  • Bond Wool & Fur House, 213 South Main Street; Phone: 765-886-5171
  • Charles’s Garage, 11 East Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5365. Towing and Auto Repair.
  • Clay Township Historical Society Museum & Thrift Shop, 19 Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5166
  • Greens Fork Family Diner, 17 East Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5762
  • Dutch Country Flea Market, State Road 38; Phone: 765-886-5696
  • Greens Fork Little General Store, 16 South Main Street; Phone: 765-886-5300
  • Greens Fork Animal Hospital, 8089 State Road 38; Phone: 765-886-5191 or 765-962-4389. Veterinary Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry Practice Limited Pets, Boarding & Grooming Available. Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Weekdays, 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
  • Happy Days Memorabilia, 24 East Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5633
  • K-9 Cuts Pet Grooming, 125 East Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5479
  • Ross Performance Marine, 6798 State Road 38; Phone: 765-886-5004. Boat Dealers.
  • Welding Shop, Water Street
  • Wilson’s Barber Shop, 18 East Pearl Street; Phone: 765-886-5404

Banks in Greens Fork

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Special Thanks to Jayne Beers of the
Clay Township Historical and Preservation Society
for providing this information.

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