Gatesville, Indiana

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Gatesville
Unincorporated community
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Brown County's location in Indiana
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Gatesville
Location in Brown County
Coordinates: 39°15′42″N86°08′47″W / 39.26167°N 86.14639°W / 39.26167; -86.14639 Coordinates: 39°15′42″N86°08′47″W / 39.26167°N 86.14639°W / 39.26167; -86.14639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Brown
Township Hamblen
Elevation
653 ft (199 m)
ZIP code
47448
FIPS code 18-27115 [1]
GNIS feature ID434995 [2]

Gatesville is an unincorporated community in Hamblen Township, Brown County, Indiana.

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History

The only post office in the history of Gatesville was called Cleona. [3] [4] It operated from 1855 until 1903. [5]

Geography

Gatesville is located at 39°15′42″N86°08′47″W / 39.26167°N 86.14639°W / 39.26167; -86.14639 .

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References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Gatesville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  142. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. A variant name of this village is Cleona...
  4. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. p.  745.
  5. ↑ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.



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