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.
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]
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.