Lincoln City, Indiana
Lincoln City, Indiana | ||
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FIPS code 18-43884[2] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 437907[1] |
Lincoln City is an unincorporated community in Carter Township, Spencer County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana.[1] It lies five minutes south of Interstate 64, northeast of Evansville, and approximately twenty miles north of the Ohio River.
History
Lincoln City was laid out in 1872
The Lincoln City post office has been in operation since 1892.[5]
Education
Heritage Hills High School is located in Lincoln City. It is one of two high schools in Spencer County.
Notable people
- Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears quarterback; graduate of Heritage Hills High School
- Sarah Lincoln Grigsby - sister of Abraham Lincoln
- John Hanks - cousin of Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln - 16th president of the United States of America
- Nancy Lincoln - mother of Abraham Lincoln
- Sarah Bush Lincoln - step-mother of Abraham Lincoln
- Thomas Lincoln - father of Abraham Lincoln
- Richard Fred Suhrheinrich - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
State Park
National Memorial
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln City, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ISBN 978-1-57860-182-0.
- ^ a b History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1885. p. 365.
- ^ "Spencer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2016.