Official Name: | Eminence, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Eminence |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Morgan |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Adams |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 39.5214°N -86.6425°W |
Elevation Ft: | 784 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46125 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-21106[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2830472 |
Eminence is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Adams Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Eminence was laid out in July 1855[3] by William Wigal. The name possibly is commendatory; but according to some accounts it is topographically descriptive.[4]
The post office at Eminence has been in operation since 1857.[5]
Eminence is in western Morgan County at the intersection of State Roads 42 and 142. SR 42 leads northeast to Monrovia and west 10miles to Cloverdale, while SR 142 leads east 10 miles to SR 39, 7miles north of Martinsville, the Morgan county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eminence CDP has an area of 0.3sqmi, all land.[1] The community drains northwest to the valley of Mill Creek, which runs southwest to the Eel River, a tributary of the White River.
Eminence is home to the Eels of Eminence Junior-Senior High School.
Eminence has a public library, a branch of the Morgan County Public Library.[6]
Glenn M. Curtis, four-time Indiana state champion basketball coach (Lebanon & Martinsville) and coach at Indiana State and the high school coach of John Wooden.