Gatesville, Indiana

Gatesville is an unincorporated town in Hamblen Township, Brown County, Indiana. Two legends persist about the origin of its name. One says it was founded by a fellow named either David or William Gates. The other says that it was founded as Hamblen, Indiana and was a prosperous community until 1917 when the county surveyor discovered that the main thoroughfare into town was on private land. The landowner immediately sat up a gate and began collecting tolls. When an alternate road was finally built, it was named the Spearsville-Gatesville Road in jest. However, the new name stuck and was affixed to the old community of Hamblen.

Geography

Gatesville is located at .

References

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "Gatesville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:434995. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 

• Inman, N. Carol (1991). The Origins of 1001 Towns In Indiana. Indiana State Historical Association.