Balhinch, Indiana
Balhinch, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 39°59′40″N 86°59′14″W / 39.99444°N 86.98722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Montgomery |
Township | Union |
Settled | February 1821 |
Area | |
• Total | 2 sq mi (5 km2) |
Elevation | 620 ft (190 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 47933 |
Area code | 765 |
Balhinch is two-mile-square unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Balhinch includes Rattlesnake Canyon and Weir Cemetery.
History[edit]
The Balhinch area was originally settled by William Offield in February 1821, five miles southwest of Crawfordsville in Section 21 in an area with two streams — Sugar Creek and Rattlesnake Creek. A monument to William Offield stands near Rattlesnake Creek.
It was formally platted in the 1920s and the boundaries legally defined.[1]
Notable person[edit]
- Caroline Virginia Krout, author
Gallery[edit]
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Residence in Balhinch
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Rattlesnake Canyon
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Offield Monument on road near creek
References[edit]
- ^ Riggs, Constance Kakavecos (1976). Montgomery County Remembers. Crawfordsville, Ind.: Montgomery County Historical Society. pp. 43–50.