Matthews is a town in Jefferson Township, Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 596 at the 2010 census. Matthews was founded in 1895 and named in honor of then-governor Claude Matthews. Founders located the town near the center of the Trenton Gas Field, and it was hoped that this geographically cent…Matthews is a town in Jefferson Township, Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 596 at the 2010 census. Matthews was founded in 1895 and named in honor of then-governor Claude Matthews. Founders located the town near the center of the Trenton Gas Field, and it was hoped that this geographically central location could become the future capital of Indiana, moving it from Indianapolis, which had been laid out for that specific reason less than one hundred years earlier in 1825. The plan was abandoned in 1903 when the gas field was depleted, leaving the town with a main street unusually wide for its size.
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