Farmersville, Indiana

Farmersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Farmersville
Farmersville
Coordinates: 37°58′49″N 87°53′46″W / 37.98028°N 87.89611°W / 37.98028; -87.89611Coordinates: 37°58′49″N 87°53′46″W / 37.98028°N 87.89611°W / 37.98028; -87.89611
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Black
Elevation[1] 423 ft (129 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 47620
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID 434406

Farmersville is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

History

Farmersville was originally called Yankee Settlement or Yankeetown, and under one of the latter names was settled around the year 1812.[3] The community was originally built up chiefly by New Englanders.[4] A post office was established under the name Farmersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 1902.[5]

Geography

Farmersville is located at 37°58′49″N 87°53′46″W / 37.98028°N 87.89611°W / 37.98028; -87.89611.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Farmersville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 410.
  4. ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 116.
  5. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 November 2015.


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