Algiers, Indiana
Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Algiers was laid out in 1868. The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria. An old variant name of the community was called Delectible.
Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer.
A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Algiers, Indiana
- ^ Goodspeed Brothers (1984). History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. Рипол Классик. p. 355. ISBN 978-5-87521-222-2.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...apparently for the city in North Africa...
- ^ Pickett, William B. (1986). "Homer E. Capehart: Phonograph Entrepreneur". Indiana Magazine of History. 82 (3): 264–276. JSTOR 27790996.
- ^ Cook, Joan (September 5, 1979). "Homer E. Capehart is Dead at 82; Was 3-Term Senator from Indiana". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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