Eagle Village, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Eagle Village, Indiana
Mapsize:120px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Boone County
Pushpin Label:Eagle Village
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Boone County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Boone
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Eagle
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:39.9606°N -86.2456°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Ft:896
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46077
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:433855

Eagle Village is an unincorporated community in Eagle Township, Boone County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

History

William Miller, an early settler of the area, hired George L. Kinnard, the Marion County surveyor, to lay out a town that would be named Eagle Village.[3] [4] It was named from Eagle Township.[5] The original town plat consisted of 18 blocks of 108 lots, including a post office that was established on December 15, 1832, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1858.[6] The town's first postmaster was William Miller. In 1836 William Miller sold his farm and the remaining unsold lots in Eagle Village to Daniel Larimore, who added seven lots extending southward on the west side of the Michigan Road.

Geography

Eagle Village is located at 39.9606°N -86.2456°W.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: [{{GNIS3|433855}} Eagle Village, Indiana ]. . . March 6, 2020.
  3. Lyons. Joan. Winter 1990. The Eagle Village Hotel on the Michigan Road. Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. 2. 36, 37.
  4. Book: Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana . 1887. Carlon & Hollenbeck. 54.
  5. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 119. ...in Eagle Township, for which it was named..
  6. Web site: Boone County . Jim Forte Postal History . 26 August 2014.