Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana

Mount Auburn
Unincorporated community
Mount Auburn Mount Auburn
Coordinates: 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°WCoordinates: 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Township	Jackson
Elevation[1]	820 ft (250 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46124
FIPS code	18-51300[2]
GNIS feature ID	439520

Mount Auburn is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[3]

History

Mount Auburn was laid out and platted in 1837.^[4] An old variant name of the community was called Black Hawk.^[5]

A post office was established under the name Black Hawk in 1838, was renamed to Mount Auburn in 1844, and operated until it was discontinued in 1905.^[6]

Mount Auburn once contained a high school which was in operation by at least 1884 and was discontinued at an unknown date.^[7]

Geography

Mount Auburn is located at 39°23′33″N 85°53′37″W / 39.39250°N 85.89361°W, at the geographical center of Jackson Township, twelve miles southwest of Shelbyville, and five miles northeast of Edinburgh in Johnson County.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. "Mount Auburn, Shelby County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
4. History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 447.
5. "USGS detail on Mount Auburn - Variant Citation". Retrieved 2016-11-09.
6. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
7. Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.