Official Name: | Algiers, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Algiers |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pike |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Jefferson |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.4872°N -87.175°W |
Elevation Ft: | 522 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47567 |
Area Codes: | 812, 930 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 430075 |
Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Algiers was laid out in 1868.[1] The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria.[2] An old variant name of the community was called Delectible.
Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry[3] was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer.[4]
A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[5]
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.