Elwood

Elwood
/el"wood'/, n.
a city in central Indiana. 10,867.

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(as used in expressions)
Bly Robert Elwood
Shannon Claude Elwood
Charles Elwood Yeager

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      city, Madison county, east-central Indiana, U.S., 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Established in 1853 as Quincy, it was renamed for the son of one of its founders in 1869 because of the existence of another Quincy in Owen county. Local discovery of natural gas in 1887 resulted in an economic boom that lasted until 1903. In 1892 Elwood pioneered in the manufacture of tinplate. The city is now an important agricultural (especially tomato) trading centre. Diversified manufactures include canned goods, mobile homes, furniture, and glassware. Wendell L. Willkie, the lawyer, businessman, and Republican presidential candidate in 1940, was born in Elwood in 1892. Inc. town, 1872; city, 1891. Pop. (2000) 9,737; (2005 est.) 9,167.

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