Spearsville, Indiana

Spearsville
— Town —
Spearsville
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Brown
Township	Hamblen
Elevation^[1]	965 ft (294 m)
ZIP code	46160
FIPS code	18-71792^[2]
GNIS feature ID	443925

Spearsville is an unincorporated town in Hamblen Township, Brown County, Indiana. According to local lore, in 1837 a recent immigrant named Gunther Hartman moved next to several other residences near the current town. While building his house he fell and rolled down a hill through a patch of "stinging needles." He came running up the hill yelling "Spears Hill" due to his limited English. The name then gradually changed overtime into "Spearsville".

Geography

Spearsville is located at .

Municipalities and communities of Brown County, Indiana, USA

County seat: Nashville

Town	Nashville

Townships	Hamblen Jackson Van Buren Washington

Unincorporated communities	Annandale Estates Beanblossom Bear Wallow Becks Grove Belmont Camp Roberts Christiansburg Clarksdale Cornelius Elkinsville Fruitdale Gatesville Gnaw Bone Helmsburg Lanam Mount Liberty Needmore Pikes Peak Point Idalawn Spearsville Spurgeons Corner Stone Head Story Sweetwater Lake Taggart Town Hill Trevlac Waycross

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.