Johnsonville, Indiana

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official_name = Johnsonville
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Warren
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Steuben
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1874
founder = John R. Johnson Sr.
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
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latd = 40 |latm = 13 |lats = 39 |latNS = N
longd = 87 |longm = 29 |longs = 11 |longEW = W
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elevation_ft = 676
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 47993
area_code = 765
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Johnsonville is a small town in Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana.

History

Johnsonville was platted July 8, 1874 by John R. Johnson, Senior, near Sumner Station. A post office was established there on December 2, 1875, with George W. Johnson as postmaster.cite book
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title = A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
publisher = Warren County Historical Society
date = 2002] As of September 1875 there were said to be about 50 people living in the town; there were several businesses including a dry goods store and a tan yard that produced leather [cite news |title=Warren Republican |date=September 16, 1875] . The town also had a druggist, a doctor, a lawyer, a blacksmith, a grain dealer, a railway agent, a tinker, and a boarding-house [cite news |title=Warren Republican |date=January 10, 1876] .

The town was established at the intersection of two rail lines: the existing Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad and the new Coal Branch of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad (the branch being known as the "Pumpkin Vine" Railroad), which was laid down in 1872. The well-chosen location favored the town's success, but trains had stopped running on the Pumpkin Vine by 1880, just six years after the town was formally established; and when the rails were removed shortly thereafter, the site's importance was diminished, and the town began to dwindle. The post office closed on August 31, 1907.

As of 2007, Johnsonville consists of a non-denominational Christian church and a few residences.

Geography

Johnsonville is located at 40°13'39" North, 87°29'11" West (40.227500, -87.486389), two and a quarter miles east of the Indiana-Illinois state line. Flat, open farmland surrounds it to the north and west, while wooded valleys and hollows lie to the southeast. The Norfolk Southern Railway passes southwest through Johnsonville on its way to Danville, Illinois.

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