Green Hill, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Green Hill, Indiana
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Warren County#Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Green Hill
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Warren
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Medina
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1832
Founder:William and Horatio Bailey
Named For:Green Hill Seminary
Area Total Km2:1.21
Area Land Km2:1.21
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:125
Population Density Km2:102.95
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.4136°N -87.1117°W
Elevation Ft:653
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47970
Area Code:765
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2806492
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.47
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Land Sq Mi:0.47
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:266.52

Green Hill is a small unincorporated community in Medina Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

The town was platted on March 5, 1832 by William B. Bailey and his brother Horatio who named it Milford, for their home town of Milford, Delaware.[2] The plat included 48 lots, two north/south streets (Main and East) and three east/west streets (Pine, Center and Warren). The first store opened in 1833 and was followed in subsequent years by several more businesses, including a liquor store, blacksmith, grocery, tannery, shoe-maker, wagon-maker and others. A post office was established on December 2, 1837 as Poolesville, in honor of the town's first resident physician, Dr. Poole — it retained the name until August 13, 1904.[3]

In 1869 the citizens of the town voted to incorporate, and renamed it from Milford to Green Hill, owing to the town's Green Hill Seminary which the United Brethren established there.[4] An 1883 history of the area cited Green Hill's population as "over two hundred".

In common with many other small Midwestern communities, Green Hill diminished during the 20th century as its rural population dwindled or moved to more urban areas. Current population in undetermined, but satellite photography shows perhaps 30 homes in and around the town.

One of Green Hill's most notable natives is NASA astronaut Donald E. Williams, who served as pilot on the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51-D) in 1985 and as commander of the Atlantis (STS-34) in 1989.[5]

Civil War general George Day Wagner was raised on a farm near Green Hill, and is buried in Armstrong Cemetery.

Geography

Green Hill is located in the far northeastern part of the county, about northeast of the county seat of Williamsport, south of Otterbein and less than a mile from the border with Tippecanoe County. It overlooks Little Pine Creek which flows along its north and west.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Book: Cottingham , Doris . A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition) . Warren County Historical Society . 2002 . Medina Township.
  3. Book: Goodspeed , Weston A. . Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical . F. A. Battey & Co. . Chicago . 1883 . Towns and Villages of Warren County.
  4. Book: Indiana Place Names . Baker . Ronald L. . Carmony . Marvin . Indiana University Press . 1975 . Bloomington, Indiana . 63.
  5. Web site: NASA Astronaut Biographies . 2007-09-28.