Huntsville, Madison County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Huntsville, Indiana

Unincorporated community

Huntsville

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Coordinates: 40°00′31″N 85°43′49″W﻿ / ﻿40.00861°N 85.73028°W﻿ / 40.00861; -85.73028
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Madison
Township| Fall Creek
Elevation

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| 869 ft (265 m)
ZIP code|

436638[1]

FIPS code| 18-35320[2]
GNIS feature ID| 436638[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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Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Anderson

Cities|

* Alexandria
* Anderson
* Elwood‡

Map of Indiana highlighting Madison County

Towns|

* Chesterfield‡
* Country Club Heights
* Edgewood
* Frankton
* Ingalls
* Lapel
* Markleville
* Orestes
* Pendleton
* River Forest
* Summitville
* Woodlawn Heights

Townships|

* Adams
* Anderson
* Boone
* Duck Creek
* Fall Creek
* Green
* Jackson
* Lafayette
* Monroe
* Pipe Creek
* Richland
* Stony Creek
* Union
* Van Buren

CDPs|

* Fishersburg
* Perkinsville

Other
communities|

* Alfont
* Alliance
* Dundee
* Emporia
* Florida
* Hamilton
* Hardscrabble
* Huntsville
* Leisure
* Linwood
* Moonville
* New Columbus
* Prosperity
* Rigdon

Footnotes|

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

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