Kyana, Indiana

kyana., Indiana
Unincorporated community
Kyana is located in Indiana
Kyana
Kyana
Kyana is located in the United States
Kyana
Kyana
Coordinates: 38°18′18″N 86°46′56″W / 38.30500°N 86.78222°W / 38.30500; -86.78222
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipJackson
Elevation
[1]
502 ft (153 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47513
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID437481[1]

Kyana is an unincorporated community located on Indiana State Road 64 in Jackson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Kyana was platted in 1883.[2] The town had its own zip code until 1980.[3] The town was an outgrowth of the construction of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad (now Norfolk Southern). Founded by the Louisville Mining & Manufacturing Company, it bears the abbreviation of its home state (Kentucky), and the termination of the state in which it is located.[4]

A post office was established at Kyana in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1982.[5]

Kyana was the site of a plane crash on August 28, 1948. A two-seat Aeronca training plane piloted by William Mullen, Jr. was flying at a low altitude when it suddenly dived into the ground in a field near Kyana. The passenger in the plane, Emil Prechtel of nearby Schnellville, died as a result of injuries from the crash. The pilot survived.[6]

Notable people

Joel Newkirk, Major League pitcher (Chicago Cubs)

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kyana, Indiana
  2. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. p. 364.
  3. ^ "History Timeline of Dubois County Indiana". Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  4. ^ History and Art Souvenir of Dubois County by George R. Wilson, 1896, p. 64
  5. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  6. ^ The Daily Herald, Jasper, Indiana August 30, 1948