[3] Although Renner has been listed as a “populated place” by the U.S. Geological Survey,[1] this description is misleading.

[7][8] The 530-acre (2.1 km2) farm adjacent to the Renner railroad station was owned by Benjamin Johnson.

[9] Livestock were shipped from the Renner station, and the railroad made as many as four stops per day.

In 1937, the farm was sold to the Scripps Foundation in connection with Miami University (Oxford Ohio).

[12] The Renner railroad stop was located in Blackford County's Licking Township, northwest of Hartford City.

The Renner Stock Farm is credited as the originator of the beef cattle breed of Polled Hereford known as the Bullion 4th.

The northern half of Indiana, including what became Licking Township and Renner, was flattened by two glaciers millions of years ago.