Farmersville, Indiana

Farmersville is an unincorporated community in Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Farmersville was originally called Yankee settlement or Yankeetown, and under one of the latter names was settled around the year 1812.^[2] The community was originally built up chiefly by New Englanders.^[3] A post office was established under the name Farmersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 1902.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farmersville, Indiana
↑ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 410.
↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 116.
↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Posey County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

City	Mount Vernon

Towns	Cynthiana Griffin New Harmony Poseyville

Townships	Bethel Black Center Harmony Lynn Marrs Point Robb Robinson Smith

CDP	Parkers Settlement

Other unincorporated communities	Barrett Blairsville Bufkin Caborn Erwin Farmersville Grafton Hepburn Heusler Hovey Lippe Marrs Center New Baltimore Oliver Rapture Savah Saint Philip Saint Wendel‡ Solitude Springfield Stewartsville Upton Wadesville West Franklin

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°58′49″N 87°53′46″W / 37.98028°N 87.89611°W / 37.98028; -87.89611

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