Hillisburg, Indiana

Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

Hillisburg
Unincorporated community
Hillisburg is located in Clinton County, Indiana
Hillisburg
Hillisburg
Coordinates: 40°17′11″N 86°20′21″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClinton
TownshipJohnson
Named forJohn E. Hillis
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
ZIP code
46041
FIPS code18-33826[1]
GNIS feature ID449669[2]

History

Hillisburg was laid out in 1874 by John Etherton Hillis (1840-1904), a local businessman and financier, and by 1886 had two general stores, two drug stores, a blacksmith shop, a saw mill, a grist mill and a grain elevator. In the early 1900s it was also home to the Hillisburg Bank, two churches (Christian and Methodist Episcopalian) and Masonic Lodge #550.[3]

The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992.[4]

Geography

Hillisburg is located at 40°17′11″N 86°20′21″W.

Notable person

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Hillisburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  3. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Johnson Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
  4. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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