Cataract, Indiana

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Cataract, Indiana
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 39°25′39″N86°48′59″W / 39.42750°N 86.81639°W / 39.42750; -86.81639 Coordinates: 39°25′39″N86°48′59″W / 39.42750°N 86.81639°W / 39.42750; -86.81639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Owen
Township Jennings
Elevation [1] 771 ft (235 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
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ZIP code 47460
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID 432235

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

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

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History

Cataract was platted in 1851. [3] It takes its name from the large waterfalls, or cataract, nearby. [4] A post office was established at Cataract in 1846, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1936. [5]

Plat scale map showing the divisions of a piece of land

In the United States, a plat is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information. City, town or village plats show subdivisions into blocks with streets and alleys. Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots; this has become known as subdivision.

Geography

Cataract is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cloverdale, at 39°25′39″N86°48′59″W / 39.42750°N 86.81639°W / 39.42750; -86.81639 .

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Cataract, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. p. 811.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 72.
  5. ↑ "Owen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 September 2015.


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