Mechanicsburg, Clay County, Indiana

Mechanicsburg was an unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana, in the United States.^[1]

The town was laid out in 1871.^[2] The founder hoped to attract skilled workers such as mechanics.^[3] The town was not successful was already fading by the 1880s; there is no trace of it today.

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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mechanicsburg, Clay County, Indiana
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Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical ... F.A. Battey & Company. p. 251.
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Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...he envisioned a model community composed of mechanics, miners, and laborers.

39°36′03″N 87°05′15″W

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[1] [1]
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mechanicsburg, Clay County, Indiana

[2] [2]
Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical ... F.A. Battey & Company. p. 251.

[3] [3]
Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...he envisioned a model community composed of mechanics, miners, and laborers.

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Mechanicsburg, Clay County, Indiana

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