Wingate, IN

Wingate, formerly known as Pleasant Hill, is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 237 residents. Wingate was originally platted as Pleasant Hill by Christian Bever in 1832. In the late 1890s and early 1900s, the town's name was briefly changed to "Whitlock" on maps. North Montgomery School Corporation serves Wingate. Elementary students are zoned to Pleasant Hill Elementary School. A newcomer can read Wingate through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Wingate comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Wingate is located at the intersection of Indiana State Road 25 and Indiana State Road 55 in the northwest corner of Montgomery County, approximately 13 miles northwest of Crawfordsville, the county seat. Wingate is the southern terminus of State Road 55, which runs northwest out of town, leading 5 miles to Newtown.