Wadesville, Indiana

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Wadesville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Wadesville is located in Indiana
Wadesville
Wadesville
Coordinates: 38°6′9″N 87°47′10″W / 38.10250°N 87.78611°W / 38.10250; -87.78611Coordinates: 38°6′9″N 87°47′10″W / 38.10250°N 87.78611°W / 38.10250; -87.78611
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyPosey
TownshipCenter
Elevation
[1]
479 ft (146 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47638
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID445343

Wadesville is an unincorporated community in northern Center Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] It lies along State Road 66 northeast of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County.[3] Its elevation is 479 feet (146 m).[4] Although Wadesville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47638.[5]

History[]

Wadesville was laid out in 1852.[6] The community was named for the Wade family of settlers.[7] A post office has been in operation at Wadesville since 1855.[8]

Education[]

Wadesville is within the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County. MSD of North Posey County consists of two elementary schools (North, South Terrace), North Posey Junior High School, and North Posey High School.

Highways[]

References[]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Wadesville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ^ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
  4. ^ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01.
  5. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  6. ^ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 412.
  7. ^ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 117.
  8. ^ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.


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