When patients were transferred to Central State Hospital in 1938, the buildings housed inmates from the county poor asylum. The facility was plagued by mismanagement, neglect, and a shortage of funds. Julietta was later known as the site of the Marion County Hospital for the Insane, which opened about 1900. In the 1880s, the hamlet had a population of 50 and boasted stores, a blacksmiths shop, and a post office. Cumberland Hall, a way station for travelers on the National Road, opened in 1830 and attracted a cluster of homes that became Cumberland, the township’s first community.įarther south, Julietta was platted in 1870 as an agricultural service center on Brookville Road. Early settlement began along roads cut through the district, including the National, Brookville, and Michigan roads.
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