Terhune, Indiana

Terhune, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Boone County's location in Indiana
Terhune Location in Boone County
Coordinates: 40°09′55″N86°16′49″W / 40.16528°N 86.28028°W / 40.16528; -86.28028
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Boone
Township	Marion
Elevation [1]	935 ft (285 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46069
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-75338 [2]
GNIS feature ID	444644

Terhune is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Boone County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. ^[3]

History

An early variant name was "Kimberlin". ^[4] A post office was established as Kimberlin in 1879, the name was changed to Terhune in 1883, and the post office was discontinued in 1917. ^[5]

Geography

Terhune is located at 40°09′55″N86°16′49″W / 40.16528°N 86.28028°W / 40.16528; -86.28028 .

In Popular Culture

In the 1986 movie Hoosiers (film), newly arrived-in-Indiana high school coach Norman Dale stops at a combined gas station-general store which was filmed in Terhune. ^[6] In a deleted movie scene, after honking for service, Coach Dale hears the store owner saying loudly a customer is there, but a boy wearing a letterman's jacket with a "T" on it is shooting baskets on a broken basketball goal with a grain elevator with "Terhune" clearly visible in the background saying "(I've) got a string (of successful shots) going." The owner then comes out and starts friendly conversation and then questioning leading to Coach Dale saying he's going to be the new Hickory High Basketball Coach. The owner, who new about Hickory's coaching situation, then says "I heard they were in trouble, I didn't know they were desperate." After Dale tells him to keep the change from the dollar he gave him to cover the gas bill, the owner tells him "Hey friend, keep the tight chain on your end game now." Later in the movie, it's revealed that the store owner is Terhune's coach and he and Dale get into a most heated argument in the sectionals of the Indiana all-schools High School Basketball tournament when a Hickory player is very seriously injured.

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. "Terhune, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 6, 2020.
4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  321. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...established as Kimberlin ...was changed to Terhune...
5. "Boone County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
6. thennowmovielocations.com/2019/04/hoosiers.html

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