Gatesville, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Gatesville, Indiana
Mapsize:120px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Brown County
Pushpin Label:Gatesville
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brown County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Brown
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Hamblen
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:39.2617°N -86.1464°W
Elevation Ft:656
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47448
Area Code:812 & 930
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-27115[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:434995

Gatesville is an unincorporated community in Hamblen Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

The only post office in the history of Gatesville was called Cleona.[2] [3] It was established in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[4]

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. 142. A variant name of this village is Cleona....
  3. Book: Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. 1884. F.A. Battey & Company. 745.
  4. Web site: Brown County . Jim Forte Postal History . 28 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095154/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Brown . 3 September 2014 .