Portersville, Indiana

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Portersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Portersville
Coordinates: 38°29′58″N86°58′42″W / 38.49944°N 86.97833°W / 38.49944; -86.97833
Country United States
State Indiana
County Dubois
Township Boone
Elevation
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472 ft (144 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47546
Area codes 812, 930
FIPS code 18-61200 [2]
GNIS feature ID 441469

Portersville is an unincorporated community in Boone Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

History

Portersville was established as a town circa 1818. [4] It is reportedly the oldest town in Dubois County, and was selected as the county seat of Dubois County before it was changed to Jasper. [5] A post office was established at Portersville in 1821, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Portersville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  269. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. This village was founded around 1818...
  5. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. pp.  353.
  6. ↑ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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