Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°1′56″N85°54′45″W / 40.03222°N 85.91250°W / 40.03222; -85.91250
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Hamilton
Township	Wayne
Established	1849
Elevation [1]	139 m (456 ft)
ZIP code	46060
FIPS code	18-12952 [2]
GNIS feature ID	432577 [1]

Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was likely named in honor of George Rogers Clark, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. ^[3]

History

Clarksville was originally called Nicholsonville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1849 by Abraham Nicholson. ^[4] Clarksville was incorporated as a town in 1867, however its incorporation was later dissolved. ^[5]

A post office was established as Nicholsonville in 1850, was renamed Clarksville that same year, and closed in 1902. ^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  96. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. This village supposedly was named for General George Rogers Clark.
4. Shirts, Augustus Finch (1901). A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana: From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. pp.  220.
5. Haines, John F. (1915). History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries And Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Co. p. 255.
6. "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.