Youngs Creek, Indiana

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Youngs Creek, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Youngs Creek
Coordinates: 38°28′36″N86°29′44″W / 38.47667°N 86.49556°W / 38.47667; -86.49556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Orange
Township Greenfield
Elevation
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597 ft (182 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47454
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID451651 [1]

Youngs Creek is an unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

The community's original name was Unionville. [2] Unionville was founded in about 1864, and was renamed Youngs Creek after a nearby stream of the same name when the post office was established. [3] A post office was established at Youngs Creek in 1867, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1976. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Youngs Creek, Indiana
  2. ↑ "USGS detail on Youngs Creek - Variant Citation" . Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. p.  502.
  4. ↑ "Orange County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 19, 2015.


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