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Huntsville, Madison County, Indiana

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Huntsville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Huntsville is located in Indiana
Huntsville
Huntsville
Huntsville is located in the United States
Huntsville
Huntsville
Coordinates: 40°00′31″N 85°43′49″W / 40.00861°N 85.73028°W / 40.00861; -85.73028
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMadison
TownshipFall Creek
Elevation
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869 ft (265 m)
ZIP code
436638[1]
FIPS code18-35320[2]
GNIS feature ID436638[1]

Huntsville is an unincorporated community in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, located just across Fall Creek from and surrounded on three sides by Pendleton, Indiana.

History

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Huntsville was laid out in 1830.[3] It was named for one of its founders, Eleazer Hunt.[4] A post office was established at Huntsville in 1847, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1878. The town is bisected by a conjunction of Indiana 9 and Indiana 38.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huntsville, Madison County, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Forkner, John La Rue; Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 736.
  4. ^ John La Rue Forkner (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 133.
  5. ^ "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2015.


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