Millersburg, Orange County, Indiana

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Millersburg
Unincorporated community
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Millersburg
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Millersburg
Coordinates: 38°33′26″N86°20′08″W / 38.55722°N 86.33556°W / 38.55722; -86.33556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Orange
Township Stampers Creek
Elevation
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722 ft (220 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47454
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID451224 [1]

Millersburg is an unincorporated community in Stampers Creek Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] It has also been known as Stampers Creek.

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Geography

Millersburg/Stampers Creek is located 8 miles (13 km) from Paoli, Indiana, the county seat. [2]

History

Millersburg was named for Greenup Miller, who opened a store there in about 1833. A number of other mercantiles opened in the area, among them the Mahan store in 1840. [3]

The post office in Millersburg was named Stampers Creek, and opened around 1851, with M. Stone named as postmaster. After Stone were George C. Duncan, then Nancy R. Duncan, then Ulrich Sailer, and then Dr. James Baker. During this era, the Davis and Dillard blacksmith shop also operated. [3]

The population (under the name Stampers Creek) was 80 in 1890, [4] 80 in 1920, [5] and was 50 in 1940. [2]

The Stampers Creek post office closed in 1905. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millersburg, Orange County, Indiana
  2. 1 2 The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 286.
  3. 1 2 History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp.  507-508.
  4. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1891). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 366.
  5. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 187.
  6. ↑ "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
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