NineStar Connect actually traces in origins back to the McCordsville Telephone Company which was founded in 1895 by Loren Helms.

[1] The name NineStar Connect is the result of the newly merged cooperative that was previously known as separate entities, Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power.

On February 9, 2011, then-NineStar President and CEO Tim Hills stated, "A lot of time, research and discussion went into the selection of the new name.

The utility received approval from Hancock County officials and were granted nearly 45,000 acres of rural area as a new water territory.

In addition, within that territory NineStar acquired assets to the Sugar Creek Utilities and Philadelphia Water Works.