Edwardsville, Indiana

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Edwardsville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Edwardsville
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Edwardsville
Coordinates: 38°17′03″N85°54′34″W / 38.28417°N 85.90944°W / 38.28417; -85.90944
Country United States
State Indiana
County Floyd
Township Georgetown
Elevation
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912 ft (278 m)
ZIP code
47122
FIPS code 18-20476 [2]
GNIS feature ID434034 [1]

Edwardsville is an unincorporated community in Georgetown Township, Floyd County, Indiana. The Duncan Tunnel is located at Edwardsville.

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History

Edwardsville was platted in 1853 by Henry H. Edwards, and named for him. [3] A post office was established at Edwardsville in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. [4]

Geology

The Edwardsville Formation is a geological structure in the Borden Group, of the Lower Mississippian sub system, [5] (Osagean, late Tournaisian). Crinoids fossils can be found in the formation. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edwardsville, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson County, Ky. General histories of Clark and Floyd counties, Ind. New Albany and Floyd County. Clark County and Jeffersonville. L. A. Williams & Company. 1882. p.  273.
  4. ↑ "Floyd County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Compendium of Rocks Units in Indiana - A Revision". igws.indiana.edu.
  6. ↑ Crinoids from the Edwardsville Formation (Lower Mississippian) of Southern Indiana. William I. Ausich and N. Gary Lane, Journal of Paleontology, November 1982, Volume 56, Number 6, pages 1343-1361 (abstract)


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