Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana

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Mount Auburn
Unincorporated community
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Mount Auburn
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Mount Auburn
Coordinates: 39°23′33″N85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W / 39.39250; -85.89361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Jackson
Elevation
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820 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46124
FIPS code 18-51300 [2]
GNIS feature ID 439520
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Church in Mt. Auburn

Mount Auburn is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

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History

Mount Auburn was laid out and platted in 1837. [4] An old variant name of the community was called Black Hawk. [5]

A post office was established under the name Black Hawk in 1838, was renamed to Mount Auburn in 1844, and operated until it was discontinued in 1905. [6]

Mount Auburn once contained a school which was in operation by at least 1884. The school was later established as Mt. Auburn High School in 1891 until its closure in 1958 when Mount Auburn became part of the Southwestern Consolidated School Corporation of Shelby County, IN. [7]

Geography

Mount Auburn is located at 39°23′33″N85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W / 39.39250; -85.89361 , at the geographical center of Jackson Township, twelve miles southwest of Shelbyville, and five miles northeast of Edinburgh in Johnson County.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p.  447.
  5. ↑ "USGS detail on Mount Auburn - Variant Citation" . Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN   978-1-56311-078-8.
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