Rock Hill, Indiana

Rock Hill, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°56′42″N87°02′24″W / 37.94500°N 87.04000°W / 37.94500; -87.04000
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Spencer
Township	Ohio
Elevation [1]	387 ft (118 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	47635
Area codes	812, 930
GNIS feature ID	442201

Rock Hill is an unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States. ^[2]

History

The community took its name from a nearby rock formation. ^[3]

Ellwood Cubberley, an American educator and eugenicist, began his teaching career in Rock Hill's one room schoolhouse in the 19th century. ^[4]

The Rock Hill school operated until 1923. Thereafter, students attended school in Silverdale, Indiana. ^[5]

Geography

Rock Hill is located at 37°56′42″N87°02′24″W / 37.94500°N 87.04000°W / 37.94500; -87.04000 .

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. "Rock Hill, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 10, 2016.
3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  283. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for an outcrop of rock...
4. Steffes, Tracy L. (2010). "Cubberley, Ellwood (1868-1941)". In Hunt, Thomas C.; Carper, James C.; Lasley, Thomas J.; Raisch, C. Daniel (eds.). Encyclopedia of educational reform and dissent. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. p. 244. ISBN   978-1-4129-5664-2.
5. "Rock Hill". Rockport Democrat. Rockport, IN. May 4, 1923. p. 8. The Rock Hill school closed last Friday. The patrons gave the teachers and pupils a fine dinner. This will be the last school at this place as we will attend the new school at Silverdale.