Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana

Mount Auburn
Unincorporated community
Mount Auburn
Coordinates: 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W / 39.39250; -85.89361Coordinates: 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W / 39.39250; -85.89361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Jackson
Elevation 820 ft (250 m)
ZIP code 46124
FIPS code 18-51300[1]
GNIS feature ID 439520[2]

Mount Auburn is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Indiana. Mount Auburn is situated at the geographical center of Jackson Township, the southwest corner Township of the county, twelve miles southwest of Shelbyville, and five miles northeast of Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana.

History

Mount Auburn was laid out and platted in 1837.[3]

Mount Auburn once contained a high school which was in operation by at least 1884 and was discontinued at an unknown date.[4]

Geography

Mount Auburn is located at 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W / 39.39250; -85.89361.

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 447.
  4. ↑ Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.
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