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Gatesville, Indiana

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Gatesville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Brown County's location in Indiana
Brown County's location in Indiana
Gatesville is located in Brown County, Indiana
Gatesville
Gatesville
Location in Brown County
Coordinates: 39°15′42″N 86°08′47″W / 39.26167°N 86.14639°W / 39.26167; -86.14639
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyBrown
TownshipHamblen
Elevation
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656 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47448
Area code(s)812 & 930
FIPS code18-27115[2]
GNIS feature ID434995[1]

Gatesville is an unincorporated community in Hamblen Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

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The only post office in the history of Gatesville was called Cleona.[3][4] It was established in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gatesville, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. A variant name of this village is Cleona...
  4. ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. p. 745.
  5. ^ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.


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