Official Name: | Independence, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Warren County#Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Independence |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Warren |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Warren |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1832 |
Founder: | Zachariah Cicott |
Area Total Km2: | 0.54 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.49 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 79 |
Population Density Km2: | 161.66 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.3378°N -87.1717°W |
Elevation Ft: | 558 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47993 |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2806502 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.21 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 417.99 |
Independence is a small unincorporated community in Warren Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
A trading post existed at this location as early as 1811. The village was laid out on October 5, 1832 by Zachariah Cicott, a French-Indian trader and scout for General William Henry Harrison, on Cicott's Reserve, ground that was given to him by the government for his services. A post office was established on March 24, 1834 and closed on January 31, 1950. Now the town uses the post office in nearby Attica, despite the fact that Attica is in a different county.[2]
The first newspaper in the county was produced in Independence, starting in 1844. It was called the Wabash Register and was run by Enos Canutt.[3]
Independence is located in the eastern part of the county on the western banks of the Wabash River, about northeast and upstream of the county seat of Williamsport. The small town of Riverside occupies the opposite bank, which is in Fountain County.