Loafers Station, Indiana

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Loafers Station, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Loafers Station
Coordinates: 38°07′32″N87°07′04″W / 38.12556°N 87.11778°W / 38.12556; -87.11778
Country United States
State Indiana
County Warrick
Township Pigeon
Elevation
[1]
492 ft (150 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47537
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID 438194

Loafers Station was a community in Pigeon Township, Warrick County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

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History

Also known as Louisville, the community was a sizable village in 1820 and was often visited by a young Abraham Lincoln. The community had a Baptist Church, and in 1884 was reported to contain two saloons, a post office, a store, and a mill, as well as a dozen homes. That same year, railroad construction bypassed Loafer's Station and went through Tennyson, Indiana, instead, leading to the abandonment of Loafer's Station. By 1927, none of the building's villages were still standing. [3]

Geography

Loafers Station was located at 38°07′32″N87°07′04″W / 38.12556°N 87.11778°W / 38.12556; -87.11778 .

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Loafers Station, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Owen, Ernest W. (April 22, 1927). "Judge Lindsey Recalls Days at Loafer's Station". Boonville Enquirer.
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