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Hillisburg, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°17′10″N 86°20′23″W / 40.28611°N 86.33972°W / 40.28611; -86.33972
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Hillisburg
Hillisburg is located in Clinton County, Indiana
Hillisburg
Hillisburg
Coordinates: 40°17′10″N 86°20′23″W / 40.28611°N 86.33972°W / 40.28611; -86.33972
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClinton
TownshipJohnson
Named forJohn E. Hillis
Elevation919 ft (280 m)
ZIP code
46041
FIPS code18-33826[2]
GNIS feature ID2830343[1]

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

History

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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 Episcopal) and Masonic Lodge #550.[3]

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

Notable person

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillisburg, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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.