Mechanicsburg, Boone County, Indiana

Mechanicsburg
—  Town  —
Mechanicsburg
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Indiana
County Boone
Township Washington
Elevation 883 ft (269 m)
ZIP code 46050
FIPS code 18-48150[1]
GNIS feature ID 438956[2]

Mechanicsburg is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Boone County, Indiana.

Geography

Mechanicsburg is located at .

The town straddles Sugar Creek, where Indiana State Road 39 crosses the stream. About two thirds of the residences, and the town's only church, are south of the stream. There was a second bridge over Sugar Creek, which carried Burg Street, but this was demolished sometime between 1980 and 2000.

Culture

Mechanicsburg has one of the few remaining operational drive-in theaters, Mel's Drive-in (formerly the Lebanon-Frankfort Drive-in Theater).

References

  1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Mechanicsburg, Boone County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:438956. Retrieved 2009-10-17.