Balhinch, Indiana

Balhinch, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Offield Creek in Balhinch
Balhinch Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 39°59′40″N 86°59′14″W / 39.99444°N 86.98722°W / 39.99444; -86.98722Coordinates: 39°59′40″N 86°59′14″W / 39.99444°N 86.98722°W / 39.99444; -86.98722
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Montgomery
Township	Union
Settled	February 1821
Area
• Total	2 sq mi (5 km2)
Elevation	620 ft (190 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Code	47933
Area code(s)	765

Balhinch is two-mile-square unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Balhinch includes Rattlesnake Canyon and Weir Cemetery.

History

The Balhinch area was originally settled by William Offield in February 1821, five miles southwest of Crawfordsville in Section 21 in an area with two streams — Sugar Creek and Offield's Creek. A monument to William Offield stands near Offield's Creek.

It was formally platted in the 1920s and the boundaries legally defined.^[1]

Notable person

• Caroline Virginia Krout, author

Gallery

• 
  Residence in Balhinch
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  Rattlesnake Canyon
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  Offield Monument on road near creek

References

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Crawfordsville
City	Crawfordsville
Towns	Alamo Darlington Ladoga Linden New Market New Richmond New Ross Waveland Waynetown Wingate
Townships	Brown Clark Coal Creek Franklin Madison Ripley Scott Sugar Creek Union Walnut Wayne
CDP	Lake Holiday
Other unincorporated communities	Ames Balhinch Beckville Bowers Browns Valley Cherry Grove Darlington Woods Deer's Mill Elmdale Fiskville Garfield Hibernia Kirkpatrick Lapland Linnsburg Log Cabin Crossroads Mace Manchester North Union Parkersburg Shannondale‡ Smartsburg Sycamore Ford Taylor Corner Wesley Whitesville Yountsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties