Whitehall, Indiana

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Whitehall, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Whitehall
Coordinates: 39°10′27″N86°41′04″W / 39.17417°N 86.68444°W / 39.17417; -86.68444
Country United States
State Indiana
County Owen
Township Clay
Elevation
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689 ft (210 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47404
Area codes 812, 930
GNIS feature ID 449746

Whitehall is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

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History

Whitehall was laid out in 1838 by James Brown, and named after a town in his native state of North Carolina. [3] A post office was established at Whitehall in 1848, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [4]

Geography

Whitehall is located at 39°10′27″N86°41′04″W / 39.17417°N 86.68444°W / 39.17417; -86.68444 .

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Whitehall, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  781.
  4. ↑ "Owen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
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