Kellerville, Indiana

Kellerville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Kellerville is located in Indiana
Kellerville
Kellerville
Kellerville is located in the United States
Kellerville
Kellerville
Coordinates: 38°28′54″N 86°49′54″W / 38.48167°N 86.83167°W / 38.48167; -86.83167
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipHarbison
Elevation
[1]
617 ft (188 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47527
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-39294[2]
GNIS feature ID437213[1]

Kellerville is an unincorporated community in Harbison Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Kellerville was named for its founder, John Keller.[3] An old variant name of the community was called Ludlow.[4]

A post office was established under the name Ludlow in 1851, was renamed Kellerville in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1931.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kellerville, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Goodspeed Brothers (1984). History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. p. 661. ISBN 978-5-87521-222-2.
  4. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. p. 327.
  5. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.


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