Groomsville is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History The area was settled by whites prior to its 1860 founding. The Liberty Baptist Church was founded in 1853 just north of the future Groomsville.Pershing, p. 207 Groomsville was officially founded in 1860. Enoch Smith facilitated the founding of the post office. Groomsville was named after a physician and Tipton County auditor, B.M. Groom. A general store was built in Groomsville just after its founding. The store was sold to McCreary and Stoops in 1883. John W. Kern made his first political speech in the village in 1870.Pershing, p. 122-123 The post office was discontinued in Groomsville in 1900.
References
Sources Pershing, Marvin W. "History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions". Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen (1914).