Ashboro, Indiana

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Ashboro
Unincorporated community
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Ashboro
Coordinates: 39°23′56″N87°06′21″W / 39.39889°N 87.10583°W / 39.39889; -87.10583
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clay
Township Sugar Ridge
Elevation
610 ft (190 m)
ZIP code
47840
FIPS code 18-02332 [1]
GNIS feature ID449615 [2]

Ashboro is an unincorporated community in Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Ashboro was founded in 1858. [3] It was named after Asheboro, North Carolina. [4]

A post office was established at Ashboro in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918. The post office was officially spelled Ashborough in early years. [5]

Geography

Ashboro is located at 39°23′56″N87°06′21″W / 39.39889°N 87.10583°W / 39.39889; -87.10583 .

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Ashboro, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  266.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  54. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. The name was borrowed from Asheboro, North Carolina.
  5. ↑ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.


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