Hillisburg, Indiana

Hillisburg
Unincorporated community
Hillisburg
Coordinates: 40°17′11″N 86°20′21″W / 40.28639°N 86.33917°W / 40.28639; -86.33917Coordinates: 40°17′11″N 86°20′21″W / 40.28639°N 86.33917°W / 40.28639; -86.33917
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Clinton
Township	Johnson
Named for	John E. Hillis
Elevation	919 ft (280 m)
ZIP code	46041
FIPS code	18-33826[1]
GNIS feature ID	449669[2]

Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

History

Hillisburg was laid out in 1874 by John Etherton Hillis (1840-1904), a local businessman and financier, and by 1886 had two general stores, two drug stores, a blacksmith shop, a saw mill, a grist mill and a grain elevator. In the early 1900s it was also home to the Hillisburg Bank, two churches (Christian and Methodist Episcopalian) and Masonic Lodge #550.^[3]

The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992.^[4]

Geography

Hillisburg is located at 40°17′11″N 86°20′21″W / 40.28639°N 86.33917°W / 40.28639; -86.33917.

Notable person

• Zerna Sharp, co-author of the Dick and Jane readers

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Hillisburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ↑ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Johnson Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. 
4. ↑ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 August 2014.