Prospect, Indiana | |
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  Prospect  Prospect | |
| Coordinates: 38°35′07″N86°36′49″W / 38.58528°N 86.61361°W Coordinates: 38°35′07″N86°36′49″W / 38.58528°N 86.61361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Orange |
| Township | French Lick |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47469 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2830485 [1] |
Prospect is a Census designated place in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
The community's original name was New Prospect. [2] New Prospect was laid out in 1836. [3]
A post office was established under the name New Prospect in 1851, but was soon discontinued, in 1853. [4]
Orange County is located in southern Indiana in the United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,867. The county seat is Paoli. The county has four incorporated settlements with a total population of about 8,600, as well as several small unincorporated communities. It is divided into 10 townships which provide local services. One U.S. route and five Indiana state roads pass through or into the county.
Thomas Taggart was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in local, state, and national politics until his death. Taggart was elected auditor of Marion County, Indiana (1886–1894), and mayor of Indianapolis. His mayoral administration supported public improvements, most notably the formation of the city's park and boulevard system. He also served as a member of the Democratic National Committee (1900–1916) and as its chairman (1904–1908). Taggart was appointed to the U.S. Senate in March 1916, but lost the seat in the November election.
French Lick Township is one of ten townships in Orange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,699 and it contained 2,263 housing units.
Orange Township is one of nine townships in Fayette County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 736 and it contained 296 housing units.
Saluda Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,370 and it contained 619 housing units. It was created by the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 13, 1817. Saluda is derived from a Native American name meaning "river of corn".
Orange is an unincorporated community in Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana, United States.
William Augustus Bowles was a physician, landowner, and politician from French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. He is best remembered for establishing the first French Lick Springs Hotel, a mineral springs resort hotel in the 1840s, and platting the town of French Lick, Indiana, in 1857. Bowles, a Democrat, served two terms in the Indiana state legislature. During the Mexican–American War he became a colonel in the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Regiment and joined in the Battle of Buena Vista (1847). An outspoken advocate of slavery as an institution, Bowles was sympathetic to the South during the American Civil War. In 1863 Harrison H. Dodd, leader of the Order of Sons of Liberty (OSL) in Indiana, named Bowles a major general for one of four military districts in the state's secret society that opposed the war. Bowles also played a role in the Indianapolis treason trials in 1864, when he and three others were convicted of plotting to overthrow the federal government. Following his release from prison in 1866, Bowles returned to Orange County, Indiana, where his failing health continued to decline in the years prior to his death.
Chambersburg is an unincorporated community in Paoli Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Leipsic is an unincorporated community in Northeast Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Orangeville is an unincorporated community in Orangeville Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Brownstown is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Indiana, in the United States.
Abydel is an unincorporated community in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Bromer is an unincorporated community in Northeast Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Newton Stewart is an unincorporated community in Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Norton is an unincorporated community in Dubois and Orange counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Northeast Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Roland is an unincorporated community in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Scarlet is an unincorporated community in Northwest Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Syria is an unincorporated community in Paoli Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Lost River is an unincorporated community in Paoli Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
...and called New Prospect...
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