Farmersville, Indiana

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Farmersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Farmersville
Coordinates: 37°58′49″N87°53′46″W / 37.98028°N 87.89611°W / 37.98028; -87.89611
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Black
Elevation
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423 ft (129 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47620
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID434406 [1]

Farmersville is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Farmersville was originally called Yankee Settlement or Yankeetown, and under one of the latter names was settled around the year 1812. [2] The community was originally built up chiefly by New Englanders. [3] A post office was established under the name Farmersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 1902. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farmersville, Indiana
  2. ↑ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 410.
  3. ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p.  116.
  4. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
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