Falmouth, Indiana

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Falmouth, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Falmouth
Coordinates: 39°42′03″N85°18′04″W / 39.70083°N 85.30111°W / 39.70083; -85.30111
Country United States
State Indiana
County Fayette, Rush
Township Fairview, Union, Washington
Elevation
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1,043 ft (318 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46127
Area code 765
GNIS feature ID434385 [1]

Falmouth is an unincorporated community in Fayette and Rush counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] Located at the northeastern corner of Union Township and the southeastern corner of Washington Township in Rush County and along the northwestern edge of Fairview Township in Fayette County, it lies at the intersection of CR800E (Rush County) with CR600N (Rush County)/CR400N(Fayette County). Falmouth sits northwest of Connersville and northeast of Rushville, the county seats of Fayette and Rush counties respectively. [2] Although Falmouth is unincorporated, it has a post office (located in Rush County), with the ZIP code of 46127. [3]

History

The first settlement at Falmouth was made about 1825. [4] Falmouth was laid out in 1832. [5] It was named after Falmouth, in England. [6] The first post office in Falmouth opened in 1847. [7]

An old variant name of the community was called Old Baker Settlement. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Falmouth, Indiana
  2. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46-47. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ↑ History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 667.
  5. ↑ Barrows, Frederic Irving (1917). History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Bowen, B. F. p. 232.
  6. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  130. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...renamed for the English town Falmouth...
  7. ↑ "Fayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "USGS detail on Falmouth - Variant Citation" . Retrieved February 25, 2017.


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