Natchez, Indiana

Natchez is an unincorporated community in Halbert Township, Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

Natchez, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Martin County's location in Indiana
Natchez
Location in Martin County
Coordinates: 38°37′02″N 86°42′39″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMartin
TownshipHalbert
Elevation505 ft (154 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47581
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-52060[2]
GNIS feature ID439945

History

A post office was established at Natchez in 1844, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[4] The community was likely named after Natchez, Mississippi.[5]

Geography

Natchez is located at 38°37′02″N 86°42′39″W along U.S. Route 150 in the Hoosier National Forest.

gollark: Did you just randomly decide to calculate that?
gollark: Well, you can, or also "it would have about the same mass as the atmosphere".
gollark: Wikipedia says that spider silk has a diameter of "2.5–4 μm", which I approximated to 3μm for convenience, so a strand has a 1.5μm radius. That means that its cross-sectional area (if we assume this long thing of spider silk is a cylinder) is (1.5e-6)², or ~7e-12. Wikipedia also says its density is about 1.3g/cm³, which is 1300kg/m³, and that the observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light-years (8.8e26 meters). So multiply the length of the strand (the observable universe's diameter) by the density of spider silk by the cross-sectional area of the strand and you get 8e18 kg, while the atmosphere's mass is about 5e18 kg, so close enough really.
gollark: Okay, so by mass it actually seems roughly correct.
gollark: So, spider silk comes in *very* thin strands and is somewhat denser than water, interesting.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Natchez, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  4. "Martin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Apparently, the name was borrowed from the city of the same name in Mississippi...



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