Tobinsport, Indiana

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Tobinsport, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Tobinsport
Coordinates: 37°51′09″N86°38′08″W / 37.85250°N 86.63556°W / 37.85250; -86.63556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Perry
Township Tobin
Elevation
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123 m (404 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47520
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID444792 [1]

Tobinsport is a small town located along the Ohio River in Tobin Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Directly across the river is Cloverport, Kentucky. [2] It is at the southernmost point of Perry County. [3]

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History

The community was initially settled in the late 1700s.

The town also has a long-standing church, the Clayton Memorial Harris Church, which was founded in 1856. [4] [5] [ better source needed ]

In 1975, the last remaining store in Tobinsport was closed: David Adam's Lincoln Hills Trading Center. [6]

Post offices

There were 3 post offices in the Tobinsport area throughout its history: the Tobinsport post office, the Lauer post office and the Dodd post office.

The Tobinsport post office was established on 20 November 1873 [7] and its first postmaster was Zalmon Tousey. [8] There may have been an earlier post office established in 1865 with postmaster Robert Tobin. [9] [10] It is the southern-most post office in the state of Indiana. [7]

The Lauer post office was established on either 15 September 1930 [11] or 19 June 1930 [8] and was discontinued on 15 December 1945. For its entire time of operation, it was headed by postmistress Mittie Lauer. [12] After its closure, the routes it served were shifted to the Tobinsport office. [11] The area around the Lauer post office was sometimes referred to as a "community" [13] or "neighborhood" [12] and postmistress Mittie Lauer wrote a long-standing column about the area for The Perry County News.

The Dodd post office was first established on 19 Mar 1898 and was discontinued on 30 June 1904. It was later reestablished on 12 January 1912 and then discontinued a second time on 30 November 1935. [8] A member of the Dodd family served as an early postmaster. [14]

Education

Tobin Township is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation. [15]

At its peak, Tobinsport had as many as three school: the Tobinsport, Finch and Harmony schools. [16] It also had a school called the Spring Normal School which was said to have "produced many good teachers". [17]

Prior to 1962, Tobinsport had its own high school. The school colors were blue and white, and the mascot was the Pirates. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School. [18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tobinsport, Indiana
  2. ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map). 1:150000. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 46. § A5. ISBN   0-89933-340-0.
  3. ↑ "Tobinsport Formation". Indiana Geological Survey. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "We Congratulate Harris Memorial Church". The Perry County News. September 11, 1956. p. 4. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Clayton Harris Memorial | Southern Indiana Connections" . Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Sutton, Agnes Lamb (March 11, 1975). "End of an era". The Perry County News. p. 7. Retrieved October 4, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 1 2 Sutton, Agnes Lamb (June 26, 1973). "Polk's Bottom". The Perry County News. p. 4. Retrieved October 4, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 1 2 3 "Perry County Historical Society hears rural post office history". The Perry County News. May 11, 1978. p. 30. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  325. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...Robert Tobin was the fourth postmaster.
  11. 1 2 "Postoffice At Lauer Discontinued Dec. 15". The Tell City News. December 21, 1945. p. 18. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Mittie A. Lauer". The Perry County News. April 23, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Whitcomb eyes marina project". Evansville Press. January 12, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  14. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  115. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. Betty Dodd was the fourth postmaster.
  15. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list
  16. ↑ Hall, Peg (May 18, 1979). "Cloverport was Tobinsport's trade center before 'all weather' roads". The Perry County News. p. 5. Retrieved October 4, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ "Tobinsport Spring Normal School Produced Many Good Teachers For Schools In Perry County". The Perry County News. September 18, 1956. p. 11. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living . Evansville, Indiana . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
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