Hillisburg, Indiana
Hillisburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
History
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 Episcopalian) and Masonic Lodge #550.
The Hillisburg post office was discontinued in 1992.
Notable person
- Zerna Sharp, co-author of the Dick and Jane readers
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillisburg, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Johnson Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
- ^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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