Hillisburg, Indiana

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Hillisburg
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Hillisburg
Coordinates: 40°17′10″N86°20′23″W / 40.28611°N 86.33972°W / 40.28611; -86.33972
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clinton
Township Johnson
Named for John E. Hillis
Elevation
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919 ft (280 m)
ZIP code
46041
FIPS code 18-33826 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830343 [1]

Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

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History

Hillisburg was laid out in 1874 by John Etherton Hillis (1840-1904), a local businessman and financier, and by 1886 had two general stores, two drug stores, a blacksmith shop, a saw mill, a grist mill and a grain elevator. In the early 1900s it was also home to the Hillisburg Bank, two churches (Christian and Methodist Episcopal) and Masonic Lodge #550. [3]

The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillisburg, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Johnson Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
  4. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.