Independence, Indiana Explained

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.

History

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]

Geography

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.

Demographics

References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Book: Pearson , Willard . Alice Fellure . Jane Fenters . Wanda Lewellen . Patty Wiggins . A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition) . Warren County Historical Society . 2002 . Warren Township.
  3. Book: Clifton. Thomas. Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. B. F. Bowen and Company. 1913. Indianapolis. 249, 320.