Honey Creek, Indiana
Honey Creek, Indiana | |
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  Honey Creek  Honey Creek | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′02″N 85°29′08″W / 40.03389°N 85.48556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Henry |
| Township | Fall Creek |
| Elevation | 1,017 ft (310 m) |
| ZIP code | 47356 |
| FIPS code | 18-34510[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 449671[1] |
Honey Creek was a village in Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from New Castle and 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast from Middletown.[3]
Honey Creek was founded in 1858 near the stream from which it took its name.[3] It had a post office established on 1861-06-18,[4] and a railway station;[5] and was originally called Warnock's Station, after the person who had owned the land.[3] It was on the Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Chicago, and St Louis Railway.[3] The first postmaster was Zadock G. Tomlinson.[3]
Notable people
[edit]Thane Houser, Indy car driver[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Hazzard 1906, p. 932.
- ^ Hazzard 1906, pp. 932–933, 940, 943.
- ^ Hazzard 1906, p. 940.
Bibliography
[edit]- History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing. 1884. (History of Henry County, Indiana at the Internet Archive History of Henry County, Indiana at the HathiTrust Digital Library)
- Hazzard, George (1906). Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822–1906. Vol. 2. New Castle, Indiana: G. Hazzard. OL 6996112M. (Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822–1906 at the Internet Archive Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822–1906 at the HathiTrust Digital Library})
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