Modoc is a town in Union Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

One of them said that a man travelling on the train threw out a cigar box containing the name Modoc, and that Henry Conley, one of the first settlers of the town, picked it up and suggested to bystanders that it would be a good name for the town.

23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the town was 96.00% White, 1.33% African American, 0.44% Pacific Islander, and 2.22% from two or more races.

22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 12.3% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 21.9% of those 65 or over.

According to the 2010 census, Modoc has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.

[10] Major highways and roads that serve Modoc include Indiana 1 and U.S. 36 Randolph Farms Landfill is a 120-acre (486,000 m2) landfill owned by the Balkema family of Kalamazoo, Michigan, located in Randolph County, Indiana.

The railroad came through Modoc from the west, and met the contractors, who were building the next section east, in what was then a strip of timber about one-half mile east of where the depot was located.