Algiers, Indiana | |
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| Coordinates: 38°29′14″N87°10′30″W / 38.48722°N 87.17500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Pike |
| Township | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47567 |
| Area codes | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 430075 [1] |
Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Algiers was laid out in 1868. [2] The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria. [3] An old variant name of the community was called Delectible. [1]
Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry [4] was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer. [5]
A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. [6]
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.
Homer Earl Capehart was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other products. Capehart later served 18 years (1945–1963) in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Indiana. Initially an isolationist on foreign policy, he took a more internationalist stance in later years; he retired after a narrow defeat for a fourth term in 1962.
Pike County is a county in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 12,250. The county seat is Petersburg. It contains the geographic point representing median center of US population in 2010.
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Stendal is an unincorporated community and census designated place in southern Lockhart Township, Pike County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 257, southeast of the city of Petersburg, the county seat of Pike County. Although Stendal is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47585.
Ayrshire is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Zoar is an unincorporated community in Pike and Dubois counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The Minton–Capehart Federal Building is a United States federal building in Indianapolis, Indiana, that is named in honor of former U.S. Senator and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton and former U.S. Senator Homer E. Capehart.
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Cato is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Coe is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Glezen is a Census designated place in Patoka Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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Rumble is an unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Survant is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Union is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
White Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Highbank Town is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The 1944 United States Senate elections in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944.
William Beatty Pickett is an American historian and professor emeritus at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is known as an authority on President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Indiana Sen. Homer E. Capehart, and is the author of several well-regarded books on U.S. history including Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power and Eisenhower Decides To Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy.
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