Twelve Points, Indiana

Twelve Points is an unincorporated community in southern Harrison Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Twelve Points, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Vigo County's location in Indiana
Twelve Points
location in Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°29′32″N 87°23′52″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyVigo
TownshipHarrison
Elevation489 ft (149 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47804
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID445001

Now within the city boundaries of Terre Haute, it is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.

History

A post office was established at Twelve Points in 1916, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1979.[3]

Geography

Twelve Points is located at 39°29′32″N 87°23′52″W at an elevation of 489 feet.

gollark: Also, it being a "set cord" doesn't mean you can magically avoid complex navigation things, although I suppose if you don't need it to come back you can probably just... feed it coords relative to its start position, or something.
gollark: Yes. The docs are awful because ~~OC bad~~.
gollark: Anyway, just because you can describe it in natural language in a few sentences doesn't mean it's something you can *program* easily and simply.
gollark: I'm totally prepared to handle the answer. I designed CC orbital lasers.
gollark: Okay, so several problems:- this would actually be quite complex- I don't think drones can place things- navigation with drones is nontrivial, navigation upgrades have range limits of some sort and in any case don't actually use the world's "normal" coordinate system- why are you blowing up people with drones

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  2. "Twelve Points, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  3. "Vigo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 14, 2016.



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