Romona

Romona is an unincorporated community just north of McCormick's Creek State Park. A village nearby named Brintonville was laid out in 1819. The Gosport Stone and Lime Company opened a quarry to the northwest of Romona in 1868. A railroad bridge was constructed over the White River to connect the quarry to the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad. Much of the stone that now comprises the Indiana State House came from this quarry.

In 1879 the bridge was destroyed by a massive ice buildup in the river and the quarries were shut down. A stone prospector named Mundy bought stone land on the opposite side of the river and a new town, Mundy, was built. However, Mundy left the area during a downturn in the stone market and in the 1880's the town was renamed Romona after a novel by Helen Hunt Jackson.

The Romona Oolitic Stone Company took over the quarries in 1885. A mill was located on the south side of Mill Creek at Romona Road. The Oolitic Quarry Company opened the Lilly Quarry nearby in 1890 and built a mill in 1892, on the north side of the creek. In 1893 quarries were operated in the area by C. H. Miller & Company, but the quarries were abandoned by 1895.

After the Romona Oolitic Stone Company closed, in 1919, a company called the Romona Stone Products Company attempted to reopen the quarries, purchasing the interests of Mr. Kessler, and F.M. Field of Spencer was named vice-president and manager.