East Mount Carmel, Indiana Explained

Official Name:East Mount Carmel, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:East Mount Carmel
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gibson
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:White River
Coordinates:38.3933°N -87.7447°W
Elevation Ft:390
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47665
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-19918[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:433922

East Mount Carmel is a small unincorporated community near the southwestern corner of White River Township in Gibson County, Indiana. The community is home to around 50 people.

History

East Mount Carmel was founded in ca. 1885.[2] It lies east of Mount Carmel, Illinois, hence the name.[3]

The post office which East Mount Carmel once contained was called Fetters due to the similarity of the village's name to Carmel, Indiana. The Fetters post office operated from 1897 until 1907.[4]

Geography

East Mount Carmel is located at 38.3933°N -87.7447°W, immediately across the Wabash River from Mount Carmel, Illinois. The Patoka River meets the Wabash just north of the community, and the Gibson Generating Station complex surrounds the community to the south and east.

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  2. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 120. This village was established about 1885....
  3. Book: Stormont, Gil R.. History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. 1914. B.F.Bowen. 305.
  4. Web site: Gibson County . Jim Forte Postal History . 11 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140911105538/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Gibson . 11 September 2014 .