Mace, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Mace, Indiana
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Montgomery County
Pushpin Label:Mace
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Montgomery County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Montgomery
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Walnut
Established Date:area_footnotes = [1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.23
Area Land Sq Mi:0.23
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.0089°N -86.7978°W
Elevation Ft:837
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47933 (Crawfordsville
Area Code:765
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-45720[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2830469

Mace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Mace, formerly called "Fredericksburg", was laid out in about 1840 by Frederick Long.[3] A post office was established at Mace in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1912.[4]

Geography

Mace is located in eastern Montgomery County. It is bordered to the south by Linnsburg. U.S. Route 136 passes through the community, leading northwest 6miles to Crawfordsville, the county seat, and southeast 10miles to Jamestown. Downtown Indianapolis is southeast of Mace.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mace CDP has an area of 0.23sqmi, all land.[1] It is drained to the north by an unnamed tributary of the Walnut Fork of Sugar Creek, which flows northwest to Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville and is part of the Wabash River watershed.

References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana . United States Census Bureau . April 25, 2023.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  3. Book: History of Montgomery County, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley . H. H. Hill and N. Iddings . Beckwith, Hiram Williams . Kennedy, P. S. . amp . 1881 . 372.
  4. Web site: Montgomery County . Jim Forte Postal History . June 15, 2017.