Jacksonville, Indiana

Jacksonville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Jacksonville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Coordinates: 38°49′44″N 85°02′56″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountySwitzerland
TownshipJefferson
Elevation863 ft (263 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47043
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID436905

History

Jacksonville was platted in 1815.[3] A post office was established at Jacksonville in 1841, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1867.[4]

Geography

Jacksonville is located at 38°49′44″N 85°02′56″W.

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gollark: Oh, and if you can get answers on yes/no questions about the future that also allows you to transmit information backward through time, obviously.
gollark: If you could tell the future that way, there would already be autodivinators (or, if you can't do that, many minimum-wage people flipping coins) used for picking stocks.
gollark: (if it's *not*, then the chance of getting two heads or two tails is... a half, anyway)
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References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  2. "Jacksonville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  3. Cottman, George Streibe (1916). Indiana Magazine of History. p. 153.
  4. "Switzerland County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 December 2015.



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