Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Clarksville,
Hamilton County, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Clarksville is located in Indiana
Clarksville
Clarksville
Clarksville is located in the United States
Clarksville
Clarksville
Coordinates: 38°17′48″N 85°45′36″W / 38.29667°N 85.76000°W / 38.29667; -85.76000
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHamilton
TownshipWayne
Elevation
[1]
456 ft (139 m)
ZIP code
46060
FIPS code18-12952[2]
GNIS feature ID432577[1]

Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was likely named in honor of George Rogers Clark, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.[3]

History

Clarksville was originally called Nicholsonville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1849 by Abraham Nicholson.[4] Clarksville was incorporated as a town in 1867, however its incorporation was later dissolved.[5]

A post office was established as Nicholsonville in 1850, was renamed Clarksville that same year, and closed in 1902.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village supposedly was named for General George Rogers Clark.
  4. ^ Shirts, Augustus Finch (1901). A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana: From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. pp. 220.
  5. ^ Haines, John F. (1915). History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries And Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Co. p. 255.
  6. ^ "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.


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