Central, Indiana | |
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 Longbottom & Hardsaw in Central | |
 Harrison County's location in Indiana | |
  Central Location in Harrison County | |
| Coordinates: 38°05′59″N86°09′31″W / 38.09972°N 86.15861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Harrison |
| Township | Heth |
| Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
| ZIP code | 47112 |
| FIPS code | 18-11854 [2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 432348 [1] |
Central is an unincorporated community in Heth Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
The town of Central was plotted by William Smith in 1890. [3] It originally contained fifteen lots, two parallel streets covering 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land.
The church in the center of town was deeded its land from Charles Kopp in 1882. The original church then deeded in turn to the Missionary Society of the Churches of Christ in 1907.
Longbottom-Hardsaw, a business operating in Central, was built in 1947 on the corner of Central Drive SW and Heth Washington Road SW.
A Dollar General store is located at the northwest corner of State Road 135 and Heth Washington Road SW.
The Central Post office was operated from 1879 until 1999 when the area was taken over by the Mauckport and Corydon Post Offices.
Central had its own school from 1900 to 1945 when it was absorbed into the South Harrison Consolidated School District.
Central is located around the intersection of Heth Washington Road SW and Central Drive SW south of Corydon, north of Mauckport, and east of New Amsterdam.
Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 28,182. The county seat is Salem.
Harrison County is located in the far southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Ohio River. The county was officially established in 1808. Its population was 39,654 as of the 2020 United States Census. Its county seat is Corydon, the former capital of Indiana.
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Harvey Heth (1770–1816) was born on April 28, 1770, in Virginia. He was the son of Agnes McMahon Heth and Captain Henry Heth, a new Irish immigrant to the United States and a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was also the brother of several other Revolutionary War veterans, including Henry Heth.
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