Farmersville, Indiana

Farmersville is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

Farmersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Farmersville is located in Indiana
Farmersville
Farmersville
Farmersville is located in the United States
Farmersville
Farmersville
Coordinates: 37°58′49″N 87°53′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyPosey
TownshipBlack
Elevation
[1]
423 ft (129 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47620
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID434406[1]

History

Farmersville was originally called Yankee Settlement or Yankeetown, and under one of the latter names was settled around the year 1812.[2] The community was originally built up chiefly by New Englanders.[3] A post office was established under the name Farmersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 1902.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farmersville, Indiana
  2. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 410.
  3. Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 116.
  4. "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.


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