Billtown, Indiana

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Billtown
Unincorporated community
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Billtown
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°30′36″N87°11′10″W / 39.51000°N 87.18611°W / 39.51000; -87.18611
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clay
Township Posey
Elevation
623 ft (190 m)
ZIP code
47834
FIPS code 18-05284 [1]
GNIS feature ID431086 [2]

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

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History

Billtown was originally known as Williamstown, and under the latter name was platted in 1831. [3]

Billtown once contained a post office under the name Van Buren. [4] The Van Buren post office operated from 1835 until 1865. [5]

Geography

Billtown is located at 39°30′36″N87°11′10″W / 39.51000°N 87.18611°W / 39.51000; -87.18611 .

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Billtown, 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.  33.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  67. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3.
  5. ↑ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.


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