Taswell, Indiana

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Taswell
Census-designated place
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Taswell
Coordinates: 38°20′08″N86°33′35″W / 38.33556°N 86.55972°W / 38.33556; -86.55972
Country United States
State Indiana
County Crawford
Township Patoka
Elevation
[1]
771 ft (235 m)
ZIP code
47175
GNIS feature ID2830348 [1]

Taswell is a census-designated place in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana, located on State Road 64 west of the county seat of English.

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History

A post office was established at Taswell in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1996. [2] It was intended that the community be named for the Laswell family of settlers, but when the postal authorities misspelled the name Taswell, the new name stuck. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2023 (est.)64 [4]

The United States Census Bureau defined Taswell as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taswell, Indiana
  2. ↑ "Crawford County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  320. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...for the local Laswell family, but through a clerical error...
  4. ↑ "B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Taswell CDP – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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