Hillisburg, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Hillisburg
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Clinton County
Coordinates:40.2861°N -86.3397°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:Johnson
Named For:John E. Hillis
Elevation Ft:919
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46041
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-33826[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2830343

Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

History

Hillisburg was laid out in 1874 by John Etherton Hillis (1840-1904), a local businessman and financier, and by 1886 had two general stores, two drug stores, a blacksmith shop, a saw mill, a grist mill and a grain elevator. In the early 1900s it was also home to the Hillisburg Bank, two churches (Christian and Methodist Episcopalian) and Masonic Lodge #550.[2]

The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992.[3]

Notable person

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Book: Claybaugh , Joseph . History of Clinton County, Indiana. 1913. A. W. Bowen & Company. Indianapolis. Johnson Township.
  3. Web site: Clinton County . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 August 2014.