Algiers, Indiana

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Algiers, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°29′14″N87°10′30″W / 38.48722°N 87.17500°W / 38.48722; -87.17500
Country United States
State Indiana
County Pike
Township Jefferson
Elevation
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522 ft (159 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47567
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID430075 [1]

Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

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 Delectable. [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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Algiers, Indiana
  2. ↑ Goodspeed Brothers (1984). History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. Рипол Классик. p. 355. ISBN   978-5-87521-222-2.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  48. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...apparently for the city in North Africa...
  4. ↑ Pickett, William B. (1986). "Homer E. Capehart: Phonograph Entrepreneur". Indiana Magazine of History. 82 (3): 264–276. JSTOR   27790996.
  5. ↑ Cook, Joan (September 5, 1979). "Homer E. Capehart is Dead at 82; Was 3-Term Senator from Indiana". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2015.


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