Owen, Indiana

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Owen, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Clark County's location in Indiana
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Owen, Indiana
Location in Clark County
Coordinates: 38°27′29″N85°32′31″W / 38.45806°N 85.54194°W / 38.45806; -85.54194
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clark
Township Owen
Elevation
[1]
449 ft (137 m)
ZIP code
47111
FIPS code 18-57447 [2]
GNIS feature ID440789 [1]

Owen is an unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clark County, Indiana.

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History

Owen was originally called Herculaneum, and under the latter name was founded in 1830. [3] [4] A post office was established in Owen in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. [5] The community's namesake, John Owen, was a county official. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owen, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Clark County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  254. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. The village was laid out in 1830 as Herculaneum...
  5. ↑ "Clark County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago printing Company. 1889. p.  11.


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