St. Croix, Indiana

St. Croix, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Holy Cross Catholic Church, a community landmark
St. Croix, Indiana
Coordinates: 38°13′26″N 86°35′11″W / 38.22389°N 86.58639°WCoordinates: 38°13′26″N 86°35′11″W / 38.22389°N 86.58639°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Perry
Township	Oil
Elevation[1]	725 ft (221 m)
ZIP code	47576
GNIS feature ID	451415

St. Croix is an unincorporated community in northern Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 62 near its intersection with Interstate 64 and State Road 37, northeast of the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County.^[2] Its elevation is 725 feet (221 m), and it is located at 38°13′26″N 86°35′11″W / 38.22389°N 86.58639°W (38.2239489, -86.5863736).^[3] Although St. Croix is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47576.^[4]

History

A colony of Catholics settled at St. Croix in 1849.^[5] The community's namesake St. Croix (Holy Cross) church was founded in 1855.^[6] A post office has been in operation at St. Croix since 1880.^[7]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 62-63. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
3. Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01.
4. Zip Code Lookup
5. Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 270.
6. History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present. Goodspeeds. 1885. p. 727.
7. "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 October 2015.