Balhinch, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Balhinch, Indiana

Unincorporated community

Offield Creek in Balhinch

Balhinch

Location in Montgomery County

Coordinates: 39°59′40″N 86°59′14″W﻿ / ﻿39.99444°N 86.98722°W﻿ / 39.99444; -86.98722
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Montgomery
Township| Union
Settled| February 1821
Area

• Total| 2 sq mi (5 km2)
Elevation

| 620 ft (190 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code|

47933

Area code| 765

Balhinch is two-mile-square unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Balhinch includes Rattlesnake Canyon and Weir Cemetery.

## History[edit]

The Balhinch area was originally settled by William Offield in February 1821, five miles southwest of Crawfordsville in Section 21 in an area with two streams — Sugar Creek and Rattlesnake Creek. A monument to William Offield stands near Rattlesnake Creek.

It was formally platted in the 1920s and the boundaries legally defined.[1]

## Notable person[edit]

* Caroline Virginia Krout, author

## Gallery[edit]

* Residence in Balhinch

* Rattlesnake Canyon

* Offield Monument on road near creek

## References[edit]

1. ^ Riggs, Constance Kakavecos (1976). Montgomery County Remembers. Crawfordsville, Ind.: Montgomery County Historical Society. pp. 43–50.

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Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Crawfordsville

City|

* Crawfordsville

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Towns|

* Alamo
* Darlington
* Ladoga
* Linden
* New Market
* New Richmond
* New Ross
* Waveland
* Waynetown
* Wingate

Townships|

* Brown
* Clark
* Coal Creek
* Franklin
* Madison
* Ripley
* Scott
* Sugar Creek
* Union
* Walnut
* Wayne

CDPs|

* Lake Holiday
* Linnsburg
* Mace

Other
communities|

* Ames
* Balhinch
* Beckville
* Bowers
* Browns Valley
* Cherry Grove
* Darlington Woods
* Deer's Mill
* Elmdale
* Fiskville
* Garfield
* Hibernia
* Kirkpatrick
* Lapland
* Manchester
* North Union
* Parkersburg
* Shannondale‡
* Smartsburg
* Taylor Corner
* Wesley
* Whitesville
* Yountsville

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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