Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Clarksville
Unincorporated community
Clarksville
Coordinates: 40°01′56″N 85°54′45″W / 40.03222°N 85.91250°WCoordinates: 40°01′56″N 85°54′45″W / 40.03222°N 85.91250°W
Country United States
State Indiana
County Hamilton
Township Wayne
Elevation 837 ft (255 m)
ZIP code 46060
FIPS code 18-12952[1]
GNIS feature ID 432577[2]

Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was likely named in honor of George Rogers Clark, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.[3]

History

Clarksville was originally called Nicholsonville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1849 by Abraham Nicholson.[4] Clarksville was incorporated as a town in 1867, however its incorporation was later dissolved.[5]

A post office was established as Nicholsonville in 1850, was renamed Clarksville that same year, and closed in 1902.[6]

Geography

Clarksville is located at 40°01′56″N 85°54′45″W / 40.03222°N 85.91250°W.

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village supposedly was named for General George Rogers Clark.
  4. ↑ Shirts, Augustus Finch (1901). A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana: From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. p. 220.
  5. ↑ Haines, John F. (1915). History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries And Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Co. p. 255.
  6. ↑ "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 September 2014.