Stavetown, Indiana

Stavetown, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Stavetown is located in Indiana
Stavetown
Stavetown
Stavetown is located in the United States
Stavetown
Stavetown
Coordinates: 39°24′39″N 85°00′36″W / 39.41083°N 85.01000°W / 39.41083; -85.01000
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyFranklin
TownshipBrookville
Elevation
[1]
627 ft (191 m)
ZIP code
47012
FIPS code18-72818[2]
GNIS feature ID444102[1]

Stavetown is an unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

History

Stavetown received its name from a stave factory once located there. The stave factory was destroyed in the Great Flood of 1913 and was not rebuilt.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stavetown, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana: Her People, Industries, and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Windmill Publications. p. 206.


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