Official Name: | Prince William |
Mapsize: | 120px |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Carroll County |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Carroll County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Carroll |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Democrat |
Coordinates: | 40.4422°N -86.5731°W |
Elevation Ft: | 722 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46065 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-62075[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 441601 |
Prince William is an unincorporated community in Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
Prince William was one of two initial villages when the township was organized in May 1835.[2] It was named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.[3] The Prince William post office was discontinued in 1881.[4]
Prince William, Indiana was founded in 1837 by Benjamin Ashba(Ashby). Prince William and Lexington were the major towns of Democrat Township until the 1870s.