| Official Name: | Mechanicsburg |
| Mapsize: | 120px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Boone County |
| Pushpin Label: | Mechanicsburg |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Boone County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Boone |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Washington |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.1597°N -86.4811°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Ft: | 883 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 46050 |
| Area Code: | 765 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-48150[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 438956 |
Mechanicsburg is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Boone County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]
Mechanicsburg was laid out in 1835.[4] Many of the pioneer settlers were skilled mechanics, hence the name.[5]
Mechanicsburg is located at 40.1597°N -86.4811°W.
The town straddles Sugar Creek, where Indiana State Road 39 crosses the stream. About two thirds of the residences, and the town's only church, are south of the stream. There was a second bridge over Sugar Creek, which carried Burg Street, but this was demolished sometime between 1980 and 2000.
Mechanicsburg has one of the few remaining operational drive-in theaters, Mel's Drive-in[6] (formerly the Frankfort-Lebanon Drive-in Theater).