Rileysburg, Indiana | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Vermillion County |
Pushpin Label: | Rileysburg |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Rileysburg's location in Vermillion County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vermillion |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Highland |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 198 |
Elevation Ft: | 650 |
Coordinates: | 40.1042°N -87.5258°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47932 |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 442041 |
Rileysburg is a small unincorporated community in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] The town is served by the post office in Covington in nearby Fountain County. The county seat is located in Newport.
A post office was established at Rileysburg in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] The town plat was officially filed in 1904.[4]
Rileysburg is located in the far northwest part of the county, south of Interstate 74 and about east of the Indiana-Illinois state line. A CSX Transportation railway runs northwest through town into nearby Danville, Illinois. Coal Branch Creek, which flows south through the county to the Vermilion River, has its head near Rileysburg.