Portersville, Indiana

Portersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Portersville is located in Indiana
Portersville
Portersville
Portersville is located in the United States
Portersville
Portersville
Coordinates: 38°29′58″N 86°58′42″W / 38.49944°N 86.97833°W / 38.49944; -86.97833
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipBoone
Elevation
[1]
472 ft (144 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47546
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-61200[2]
GNIS feature ID441469

Portersville is an unincorporated community in Boone Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

History

Portersville was established as a town circa 1818.[4] It is reportedly the oldest town in Dubois County, and was selected as the county seat of Dubois County before it was changed to Jasper.[5] A post office was established at Portersville in 1821, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.[6]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Portersville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was founded around 1818...
  5. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. pp. 353.
  6. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.


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