Portersville, Indiana

Portersville, Indiana
Portersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
	Portersville Portersville
	Coordinates: 38°29′58″N 86°58′42″W / 38.49944°N 86.97833°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Boone
Elevation	472 ft (144 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47546
Area code(s)	812, 930
FIPS code	18-61200
GNIS feature ID	441469

Portersville is an unincorporated community in Boone Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[3]

History

Portersville was established as a town circa 1818.^[4] It is reportedly the oldest town in Dubois County, and was selected as the county seat of Dubois County before it was changed to Jasper.^[5] A post office was established at Portersville in 1821, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.^[6]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Portersville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was founded around 1818...
^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. pp. 353.
^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[3] "Portersville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[4] Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was founded around 1818...

[5] Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Published by the author. pp. 353.

[6] "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Dubois County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Jasper
Cities	Huntingburg Jasper	Map of Indiana highlighting Dubois County
Towns	Birdseye Ferdinand Holland
Townships	Bainbridge Boone Cass Columbia Ferdinand Hall Harbison Jackson Jefferson Madison Marion Patoka
CDPs	Bretzville Celestine Dubois Haysville Ireland Saint Anthony Schnellville
Other communities	Crystal Cuzco Dubois Crossroads Duff Hillham Johnsburg Kellerville Kyana Maltersville Mentor Millersport Norton‡ Portersville Saint Henry Saint Marks Thales Zoar‡
Ghost town	Ellsworth
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Portersville, Indiana
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 38°29′58″N 86°58′42″W / 38.49944°N 86.97833°W / 38.49944; -86.97833
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Boone
Elevation ^[1]	472 ft (144 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47546
Area code(s)	812, 930
FIPS code	18-61200^[2]
GNIS feature ID	441469