Mace, Indiana

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Mace, Indiana
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Corner of Main Street and 600 East on the east side of Mace
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Mace
Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 40°00′37″N86°47′47″W / 40.01028°N 86.79639°W / 40.01028; -86.79639 Coordinates: 40°00′37″N86°47′47″W / 40.01028°N 86.79639°W / 40.01028; -86.79639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Montgomery
Township Walnut
Area
  Total0.23 sq mi (0.6 km2)
  Land0.23 sq mi (0.6 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
840 ft (256 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
Area code 765
FIPS code 18-45720 [2]
GNIS feature ID 438449

Mace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

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History

Mace, formerly called "Fredericksburg", was laid out in about 1840 by Frederick Long. [4] A post office was established at Mace in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1912. [5]

Geography

Mace is located in eastern Montgomery County at 40°00′37″N86°47′47″W / 40.01028°N 86.79639°W / 40.01028; -86.79639 . It is bordered to the south by Linnsburg. U.S. Route 136 passes through the community, leading northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Crawfordsville, the county seat, and southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Jamestown. Downtown Indianapolis is 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Mace.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mace CDP has an area of 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2), all land. [6] It is drained to the north by an unnamed tributary of the Walnut Fork of Sugar Creek, which flows northwest to Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville and is part of the Wabash River watershed.

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Mace, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  4. Beckwith, Hiram Williams & Kennedy, P. S. (1881). History of Montgomery County, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley. H. H. Hill and N. Iddings. pp.  372.
  5. "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 15, 2017.