Blairsville, Indiana

Blairsville is an unincorporated populated place located in Posey County, Indiana.^[1] The elevation is 427 feet.

History

Blairsville was laid out in 1837 by Stephen Blair, and named for him.^[2] A post office was established at Blairsville in 1838, and remained in operation until 1902.^[3] With the construction of the railroad in 1880, business activity shifted to nearby Wadesville, and the town declined.^[4]

Blairsville contains the historic Blairsville Cemetery. A number of the internments are Civil War veterans.^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blairsville, Indiana
↑ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 409.
↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 115.
↑ "Blairsville Cemetery (see photos)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

Coordinates: 38°04′44″N 87°45′43″W / 38.07889°N 87.76194°W / 38.07889; -87.76194

Municipalities and communities of Posey County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

City	Mount Vernon

Towns	Cynthiana Griffin New Harmony Poseyville

Townships	Bethel Black Center Harmony Lynn Marrs Point Robb Robinson Smith

CDP	Parkers Settlement

Other unincorporated communities	Barrett Blairsville Bufkin Caborn Erwin Farmersville Grafton Hepburn Heusler Hovey Lippe Marrs Center New Baltimore Oliver Rapture Savah Saint Philip Saint Wendel‡ Solitude Springfield Stewartsville Upton Wadesville West Franklin

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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