Hillisburg, Indiana

Hillisburg
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Hillisburg
Coordinates: 40°17′10″N 86°20′23″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Clinton
Township	Johnson
Named for	John E. Hillis
Elevation [1]	919 ft (280 m)
ZIP code	46041
FIPS code	18-33826[2]
GNIS feature ID	2830343[1]

Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

History

Hillisburg was laid out in 1874 by John Etherton Hillis (1840-1904), a local businessman and financier, and by 1886 had two general stores, two drug stores, a blacksmith shop, a saw mill, a grist mill and a grain elevator. In the early 1900s it was also home to the Hillisburg Bank, two churches (Christian and Methodist Episcopal) and Masonic Lodge #550.[3]

The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992.[4]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Hillisburg as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[5]

Notable person

• Zerna Sharp, co-author of the Dick and Jane readers

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillisburg, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Johnson Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
4. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
5. "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.