Devore, Indiana

Devore, Indiana
Unincorporated Community
Devore is located in Indiana
Devore
Devore
Devore is located in the United States
Devore
Devore
Coordinates: 39°25′47″N 86°45′10″W / 39.42972°N 86.75278°W / 39.42972; -86.75278
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyOwen
TownshipTaylor
Elevation
[1]
755 ft (230 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47456
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID433516

Devore is an unincorporated community in the southwest portion of Taylor Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] It lies just south of the intersection of County Road 1000 North and County Road 100 East (a.k.a. Tower Road and Devore Road), which is a community about ten miles north of the city of Spencer, the county seat of Owen County.[3] Its elevation is 755 feet (230 m), and it is located at 39°25′47″N 86°45′10″W / 39.42972°N 86.75278°W / 39.42972; -86.75278 (39.4297683 -86.7527843). This community is also known as Mill Grove.[4]

History

Devore was originally called Mill Grove, and under the latter name was laid out in 1835.[5] A post office opened under the Devore name in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.[6]

Geography

  • Mill Creek flows just north of this community.
  • U.S. Route 231 is just west of this community.

School districts

  • Cloverdale Community Schools.

Political districts

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Devore, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer 3rd ed. (3 ed.), Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 43, ISBN 0-89933-319-2
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L.; Carmony, Marvin (1975). Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
  5. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Originally this village was called Mill Grove, for a mill here. The village was surveyed in March 1835...
  6. ^ "Owen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2015.


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