Speed, Indiana

Speed is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. It used to be known as Petersburg.[3]

Speed
Unincorporated community
Clark County's location in Indiana
Speed
Location in Clark County
Coordinates: 38°24′44″N 85°45′09″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClark
TownshipSilver Creek
Elevation472 ft (144 m)
Time zoneEastern Standard Time
ZIP code
47172
Area code(s)812
FIPS code18-71810[2]
GNIS feature ID443928

History

A post office was established at Speed in 1922, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1963.[4] The community was named for W. S. Speed, a local industrialist.[5]

Geography

Speed is located at 38°24′44″N 85°45′09″W.

gollark: If your factory is told to make 100K units of winter clothing of any kind they will probably just go for the simplest/easiest one, even if it isn't very useful to have 100K winter coats (extra small) (plain white). Now, you could say "but in capitalism they'll just make the cheapest one", but companies are directly subservient to what consumers actually want and can't get away with that.
gollark: That is why we have the "legal system"./
gollark: With a government.
gollark: Sure they can. Just apply penalties/taxes if you pollute stuff.
gollark: > Tell factories to produce 100K units of winter clothing and give them free choice of a variety of different accepted models.But then you don't know how much stuff each factory will need.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Clark County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
  4. "Clark County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. The name honors W. S. Speed, who owned a local cement plant.



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