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It was founded in Plainfield, Indiana. The store began in 1946 as a grocery store, founded by Albert and Naomi Galyan. By the 1960s, the Galyans began selling sporting goods instead. [2] The chain was purchased in 1995 by The Limited.
Plainfield is an unincorporated community in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States. It is along U.S. Route 20 in the north-central part of Olive Township and is bordered to the south and west by the town of New Carlisle. Via US-20, Plainfield is 13 miles (21 km) west of South Bend and 23 miles (37 km) east of Michigan City.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Plainfield, Indiana. Pages in category "People from Plainfield, Indiana" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Plainfield's town center is situated around the intersection of US 40 and Center Street, also known as Old State Highway 267. State Road 267 (former) - Plainfield's primary north to south arterial is Quaker Boulevard, formerly SR 267. Ronald Reagan Parkway - This route is a secondary north to south arterial on Plainfield's east side.
Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana (Centerville) Harry S. New, U.S. Postmaster General (Indianapolis) Mike Pence, former congressman, former governor of Indiana, 2013–2017, and 48th vice president of the United States under Donald Trump ; Dennis Pennington, State Senator and early abolitionist (Central Barren)
Indiana State Road 267 formerly crossed US-36 in the center of Avon, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Brownsburg and south 4 miles (6 km) to Plainfield, but that stretch of 267 was decommissioned in 2013, and the section through Avon is now officially called Avon Avenue.
The district encompasses 174 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential area of Plainfield. The district developed between about 1840 and 1959 and includes notable examples of Greek Revival , Gothic Revival , Italianate , Queen Anne , and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.
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