Haysville, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census Designated Place
Haysville is located in Indiana
Haysville
Haysville
Haysville is located in the United States
Haysville
Haysville
Coordinates: 38°29′11″N 86°54′35″W / 38.48639°N 86.90972°W / 38.48639; -86.90972
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipHarbison
Elevation
[1]
528 ft (161 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47546
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-32638[2]
GNIS feature ID2830363[1]

Haysville is an unincorporated community in Harbison Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Haysville was laid out in about 1835.[3] It was named in honor of Judge Willis Hayes, the original owner of the town site.[4]

A post office was established at Haysville in 1846, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Haysville, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 349.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for Judge Willis Hayes, who bout acreage here in 1818 and donated land to the village.
  5. ↑ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2016.


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