Kyana, Indiana

kyana., Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°18′18″N86°46′56″W / 38.30500°N 86.78222°W / 38.30500; -86.78222
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Jackson
Elevation [1]	502 ft (153 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47513
Area codes	812, 930
GNIS feature ID	437481 [1]

Kyana is an unincorporated community located on Indiana State Road 64 in Jackson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. ^[1]

History

Kyana was platted in 1883. ^[2] The town had its own zip code until 1980. ^[3] The town was an outgrowth of the construction of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad (now Norfolk Southern). Founded by the Louisville Mining & Manufacturing Company, it bears the abbreviation of its home state (Kentucky), and the termination of the state in which it is located. ^[4]

A post office was established at Kyana in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1982. ^[5]

Kyana was the site of a plane crash on August 28, 1948. A two-seat Aeronca training plane piloted by William Mullen, Jr. was flying at a low altitude when it suddenly dived into the ground in a field near Kyana. The passenger in the plane, Emil Prechtel of nearby Schnellville, died as a result of injuries from the crash. The pilot survived. ^[6]

Notable people

Joel Newkirk, Major League pitcher (Chicago Cubs)

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kyana, Indiana
2. Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. p.  364.
3. "History Timeline of Dubois County Indiana". Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
4. History and Art Souvenir of Dubois County by George R. Wilson, 1896, p. 64
5. "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
6. The Daily Herald, Jasper, Indiana August 30, 1948