Official Name: | Edna Mills |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Clinton County |
Coordinates: | 40.4175°N -86.6678°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clinton |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Ross |
Named For: | Edna Kellenbarger |
Elevation Ft: | 653 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46065 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-20440[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 434027 |
Edna Mills is an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
A 1913 history of Clinton County describes Edna Mills as "a pleasant village" and offers the following origin of the town's name:[2]
The name has been in use for over half a century, and the oldest inhabitants of the vicinity say that when it was first made a postoffice, a Mr. Kellenbarger, who owned a mill at that point, gave it the name of Edna in honor of his wife. The location also used to be called facetiously "Blackberry". The occasion for this was that a blacksmith named Michaels had a shop there and his favorite tipple was blackberry brandy, making "Blackberry" the notable feature of the locality.
A post office was established at Edna Mills in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[3]