Wadesville, Indiana

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Wadesville, Indiana
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Wadesville
Coordinates: 38°06′14″N87°47′25″W / 38.10389°N 87.79028°W / 38.10389; -87.79028
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Center
Elevation
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456 ft (139 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47638
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID2830503 [1]

Wadesville is an unincorporated area in northern Center Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] It lies along State Road 66 northeast of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County. [2] Although Wadesville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47638. [3]

Contents

As of 2023 the U.S. Census Bureau had established a census-designated place for this settlement. [4]

History

Wadesville was laid out in 1852. [5] The community was named for the Wade family of settlers. [6] A post office has been in operation at Wadesville since 1855. [7]

Wadesville High School

Wadesville had a local high school, the "Wadesville Red Devils." In 1958 Wadesville consolidated with Poseyville, Cynthiana, and Griffin to form North Posey High School. The school's yearbook was called the "Devilree." The school offered grades 1st-12th.

Red Devil Athletics

The school colors of the Red Devils were white and red. Wadesville competed in the Posey County Conference until 1958. In the final season for the Red Devils basketball team they went 11-9 and won the Posey County Conference tournament, defeating Cynthiana 81–59 in the final. The Red Devils also won the Posey County Conference in the 1958 baseball season.

Education

Center Township is within the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County. [8] MSD of North Posey County consists of two elementary schools (North, South Terrace), North Posey Junior High School, and North Posey High School.

South Terrace Elementary School is in Blairsville, [9] 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Wadesville. The district was scheduled to begin building this school in fall 1957. 10 classrooms were planned to be built. [10]

Highways

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wadesville, Indiana
  2. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ↑ "2023_gaz_place_18.txt". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 13, 2024.
    Compare to the 2020 U.S. Census settlement list, which does not show this CDP
  5. ↑ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 412.
  6. ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p.  117.
  7. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Posey County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 11, 2024. - Text list
  9. ↑ "Home". South Terrace Elementary School. Retrieved June 13, 2024. 8427 Haines Rd. Wadesville, IN 47638 - Location resolved to Blairsville.
  10. ↑ "North Posey School Projects to Be Started This Fall". Evansville Press . Evansville, Indiana. August 18, 1957. p.  13 (Text detail 1 and Text detail 2) – via Newspapers.com.


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