Chapel Hill, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Chapel Hill is located in Indiana
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill is located in the United States
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Coordinates: 38°59′54″N 86°26′57″W / 38.99833°N 86.44917°W / 38.99833; -86.44917
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMonroe
TownshipPolk
Elevation
[1]
774 ft (236 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47436
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID450765[1]

Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in Polk Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Pentecostal church

Chapel Hill was platted in 1856.[2] The community took its name from the Chapel Hill Methodist Church located there.[3] The community ultimately would fail to grow to its founders' expectations.[4] A post office was established at Chapel Hill in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1925.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapel Hill, Indiana
  2. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 435.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for the local Chapel Hill Methodist Church.
  4. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 544.
  5. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 5, 2015.


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