Coal City, Indiana

Coal City is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Coal City, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Coal City
Coal City
Coordinates: 39°13′49″N 87°02′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyOwen
TownshipJefferson
Elevation653 ft (199 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47427
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID432702

The town consists of only a grocery/restaurant, and a post office.

History

In 1852, the village of Davidsburg was platted in Section 12, Town 9 north, Range 6 west, consisting of sixteen 6000 square foot lots, 100 by 60. The village changed its name to Stockton in 1854 to match its post office name, and prospered for the next two decades.

Coal City was platted in 1875 a couple miles west of Stockton, mainly in the southwest quarter of Section 11, Town 9 north, Range 6 west, consisting of 104 lots. Coal City was named for the local coal industry.[3] A post office has been in operation at Coal City since 1877.[4]

Businesses began to move from Stockton to Coal City once its post office was established. In 1879 the Stockton post office closed. The completion of the Cincinnati & Terre Haute Railway through Coal City caused it to thrive. By 1881 the plat of the town had almost doubled to 204 lots. It became a good trading and shipping point located in one of Indiana's richest coal fields.

The Cincinnati & Terre Haute Railway was soon succeeded by the Terre Haute & Southeastern Railroad.

Notable person

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. "Coal City, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 730.
  4. "Owen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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