Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana | ||
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FIPS code 18-12952[2] | | |
| GNIS feature ID | 432577[1] | |
Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was likely named in honor of George Rogers Clark, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.[3]
History
Clarksville was originally called Nicholsonville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1849 by Abraham Nicholson.[4] Clarksville was incorporated as a town in 1867, however its incorporation was later dissolved.[5]
A post office was established as Nicholsonville in 1850, was renamed Clarksville that same year, and closed in 1902.[6]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
This village supposedly was named for General George Rogers Clark.
- ^ Shirts, Augustus Finch (1901). A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana: From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. pp. 220.
- ^ Haines, John F. (1915). History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries And Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Co. p. 255.
- ^ "Hamilton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
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