Gessie, Indiana

Gessie, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Vermillion County's location in Indiana
Gessie Gessie's location in Vermillion County
Coordinates: 40°04′57″N87°29′59″W / 40.08250°N 87.49972°W / 40.08250; -87.49972
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Vermillion
Township	Highland
Established	1872
Elevation [1]	620 ft (189 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47974
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	435046

Gessie is a small unincorporated community in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. ^[2]

History

The town was laid out in 1872 by Robert J. Gessie, who gave the town his name. ^[3] A post office was established at Gessie in 1872, and remained in operation until 1967. ^[4]

The sole business in the town was a grain elevator, next to the CSX railroad tracks. The grain elevator was destroyed by a tornado. Remnants of the elevator, were used to build a series of grain bins on the east side of town across the tracks.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
2. "Gessie, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 31, 2017.
3. History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana. B.F. Bowen & Cos. 1913. p. 422.
4. "Vermillion County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.