Amity, Indiana | |
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  Amity  Amity | |
| Coordinates: 39°25′24″N86°00′04″W / 39.42333°N 86.00111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Johnson |
| Township | Blue River |
| Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
| ZIP code | 46131 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2830425 [1] |
Amity is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, in the United States. [1]
A post office was established at Amity in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. [2] Amity was platted in 1855. [3] Amity is derived from a French word meaning "friendship". [4]
Hoosier is the official demonym for the people of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate, but "Hoosier" was in general use by the 1840s, having been popularized by Richmond resident John Finley's 1833 poem "The Hoosier's Nest". Indiana adopted the nickname "The Hoosier State" more than 150 years ago.
Amity Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,402. The town lends its name to a Fountains of Wayne song.
Thomas Tew, also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th-century English privateer-turned-pirate. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the second, and he pioneered the route which became known as the Pirate Round. Other infamous pirates in his path included Henry Every and William Kidd.
Amity may refer to:
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce established formal diplomatic and commercial relations between the United States and France during the American Revolutionary War. It was signed on February 6, 1778 in Paris, together with its sister agreement, the Treaty of Alliance, and a separate, secret clause allowing Spain and other European nations to join the alliance. These were the first treaties negotiated by the fledgling United States, and the resulting alliance proved pivotal to American victory in the war; the agreements are sometimes collectively known as the Franco-American Alliance or the Treaties of Alliance.
Amity Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 866 and it contained 376 housing units.
Les amitiés particulières is a 1964 film adaptation of the Roger Peyrefitte novel of the same name, directed by Jean Delannoy. It was released in 1967 with English subtitles as This Special Friendship. It stars Francis Lacombrade and Didier Haudepin as boys at an upper-class Catholic boarding school, whose chaste but intimate friendship is discouraged as sinful by the priests.
Buck Creek Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,430 and it contained 3,158 housing units.
Williamsburg is an unincorporated community in Green Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Johnson is an unincorporated town and Census designated place in Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It is located roughly four miles west of Owensville and eight miles north of Poseyville.
Needham is an unincorporated town in Needham Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
Old Bargersville is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
Peoga is an unincorporated community in Brown and Johnson counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Samaria is an unincorporated community in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
Bethel is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It sits at the base of the Eola Hills in Plum Valley. Bethel is considered a ghost town as the only remaining structure is a school, now serving as a church. The locale was named by the Rev. Glen O. Burnett for a Church of Christ in Missouri where he had served as pastor. Bethel is a common name for churches as it is a Hebrew word that means "house of god". After traveling with his family on the Oregon Trail, Burnett settled on a Donation Land Claim in 1846. Burnett later rode circuit to the surrounding area, preaching in nearby communities, including Rickreall.
Weavertown is an unincorporated community in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located approximately 3.6 miles north of Amity Gardens on Pennsylvania Route 662 and is served by the Daniel Boone Area School District.
William Augustus Bowles was a physician, landowner, and politician from French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. He is best remembered for establishing the first French Lick Springs Hotel, a mineral springs resort hotel in the 1840s, and platting the town of French Lick, Indiana, in 1857. Bowles, a Democrat, served two terms in the Indiana state legislature. During the Mexican–American War he became a colonel in the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Regiment and joined in the Battle of Buena Vista (1847). An outspoken advocate of slavery as an institution, Bowles was sympathetic to the South during the American Civil War. In 1863 Harrison H. Dodd, leader of the Order of Sons of Liberty (OSL) in Indiana, named Bowles a major general for one of four military districts in the state's secret society that opposed the war. Bowles also played a role in the Indianapolis treason trials in 1864, when he and three others were convicted of plotting to overthrow the federal government. Following his release from prison in 1866, Bowles returned to Orange County, Indiana, where his failing health continued to decline in the years prior to his death.
Amity is an unincorporated community in north-eastern Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located at 40°4′7″N83°15′5″W, at the intersection of Plain City-Georgesville Road and Amity Pike Road, between Plain City and West Jefferson.
Bluff Creek is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, in the United States.
Olean is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The name comes from the French word amitié, "friendship".
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