Though originally called Farmersville, the town was purportedly renamed after local resident General Acton after the post office was opened in 1854.Īcton developed as a busy trading center with general stores, blacksmith shops, a lumber yard, feed mill, canning factory, a bank, three lodge halls, churches, and homes. Acton was platted in 1852 adjacent to the nearly completed Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad. In 1889, needing a name for the newly established post office (there was already a Bethel, Indiana), the town chose Wanamaker, honoring Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker, then U.S. Smither Tavern, just west of the village, was an early stage stop, about 12 miles from Indianapolis.
There was a store, pottery, a blacksmith, and a wagon maker.
The first settlement was New Bethel, platted along the Michigan Road in 1834. The first election was held at his cabin where he was chosen justice of the peace on June 19, 1824. 421, and now I-74 and Southeastern Avenue) enters the township. The earliest settler is believed to have been William Rector, whose land lay along Buck Creek where Michigan Road (later S.R.
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