In 2008, a new Indianapolis International Airport opened with much fanfare. Since its opening in 1988, the Indianapolis FedEx Hub at Indianapolis International Airport has grown to become the second-largest in the nation, with 4,000 employees.
Nearby acreage was then developed for hotels, the Park Fletcher office park, and industrial facilities.Ī new United Airlines Indianapolis Maintenance Center opened in 1994 and employed a large workforce until it closed in 2003. In 1931, the Indianapolis Municipal Airport opened, though it was renamed Weir Cook Municipal Airport (after a World War I flying ace) in 1944 and later became Indianapolis International Airport. The aviation industry also played an important role in the development of Wayne Township. The town of Speedway, platted in 1912, developed adjacent to the racetrack built to test and race automobiles. In the 20 th century, new forms of transportation brought commercial and residential growth.
By 1880, the township and its growing communities counted about 4,800 residents. In 1873, the village was platted as Maywood on the Vincennes Railroad. On the southern edge of Wayne Township, a gristmill operation, originally called Beeler’s Station, attracted workers and craftsmen. Foundry workers, many of them from eastern Europe, settled the town of Haughville. The Belt Line Railroad on the westside of White River facilitated the location of stockyards and industry, including the foundry of Benjamin Haugh in 1880.
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