Saint Louis Crossing, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°19′08″N 85°50′48″W / 39.31889°N 85.84667°W / 39.31889; -85.84667
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Saint Louis Crossing
FIPS code
18-66996[2]
GNIS feature ID442661[1]

Saint Louis Crossing is an unincorporated town in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

The town was laid out at crossing on the Columbus & Shelbyville Railroad[3] outside of Old Saint Louis, hence the name.[4] A post office was established in 1862, and was discontinued in 1974.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Louis Crossing, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Redfield & Logan's Columbus & Indianapolis Central Railway Business Guide, and Western Gazetteer of Indiana and Ohio for. Redfield & Logan. 1866. p. 42.
  4. . ...on the railroad west of Saint Louis (now Old Saint Louis) for which it was named.
  5. ^ "Bartholomew County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 22, 2020.