Official Name: | Central, Indiana |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Harrison County |
Pushpin Label: | Central |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Harrison County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Harrison |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Heth |
Coordinates: | 38.0997°N -86.1586°W |
Elevation Ft: | 699 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47112 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-11854[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 432348 |
Central is an unincorporated community in Heth Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
The town of Central was plotted by William Smith in 1890.[2] It originally contained fifteen lots, two parallel streets covering 5acres of land.
The church in the center of town was deeded its land from Charles Kopp in 1882. The original church then deeded in turn to the Missionary Society of the Churches of Christ in 1907.
Longbottom-Hardsaw, a business operating in Central, was built in 1947 on the corner of Central Drive SW and Heth Washington Road SW.
A Dollar General store is located at the northwest corner of State Road 135 and Heth Washington Road SW.
The Central Post office was operated from 1879 until 1999 when the area was taken over by the Mauckport and Corydon Post Offices.
Central had its own school from 1900 to 1945 when it was absorbed into the South Harrison Consolidated School District.
Central is located around the intersection of Heth Washington Road SW and Central Drive SW south of Corydon, north of Mauckport, and east of New Amsterdam.