Jay City, Indiana
Jay City was once a hamlet in the south bank of the Wabash River across from New Corydon, Indiana, located in Wabash Township approximately north-east of Portland; but by 1922 had failed as a settlement and remained as only a name on maps.
It had been platted on 1840-06-07 by Samuel Hall and David Hite, and in 1887 was recorded as having a population of approximately 50.
Also recorded were a blacksmiths, a wagon maker, a brick and tile factory to its south, and a general store founded by William L. Adams in 1874.
It was served by the New Corydon post-office.
It had had a saw mill since 1858 and a grist mill since 1859, both built by John Hall and Vynull Arnett, and later converted into a stave and shingle mill.
Finally passing into the ownership of McCampbell & Burgess, the grist mill closed as did finally the saw mill sometime around 1882.
The Jay City chapel was a [Church of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren] church that was dedicated in 1872, the UB society having earlier organized in a school house located to the south of the hamlet on a cross-roads, with just 4 original members.
In 1887 its congregation was recorded as 56 people, with a year-round Sunday school attended by 30.
The building was a frame building.
The other nearby churches were the Fellowship Church, built on section 29 around 1863, with a congregation recorded in 1887 as between 35 and 40, and also with a year-round Sunday school attended by between 50 and 60 people; and the Walnut Grove Church of the United Brethren, built on section 31 around 1887 the churchpeople having previously organized their meetings since 1879 in a school house to the west, with a congregation of around 20 people.
The Walnut Grove building was a frame building.
Jay City had also had a Masonic lodge that met on the 2nd story of Adams's general store, which was discontinued around 1871.