Anita, Indiana
Anita is located in Indiana
Anita
Anita
Anita is located in the United States
Anita
Anita
Coordinates: 39°25′33″N 86°11′29″W / 39.42583°N 86.19139°W / 39.42583; -86.19139
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyJohnson
TownshipHensley
Elevation
[1]
813 ft (248 m)
ZIP code
46181
FIPS code18-01684[2]
GNIS feature ID430180[1]

Anita is an extinct town in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States.[3][4]

Anita was the site of an Illinois Central Railroad passenger depot, the station house of which was moved and converted to a home near Trafalgar in 1936.[4][5][6]

By the 1980s, Anita had been depopulated. The state highway department intended to remove it from maps, but preservationists succeeded in placing a roadside plaque to commemorate the town.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anita, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Railroad put long-gone Anita on the state map". The Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana). June 19, 2001. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Rund, Christopher (2006), The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad, Indiana University Press, pp. 218–219, ISBN 9780253346926, Anita is another town along the line bearing the name of a young lady...By the 1980's the Anita was almost non-existent...The state highway department was on the verge of erasing Anita from map, but proponents of the all-but-forgotten town successfully petitioned to preserve Anita's identity. The town remained acknowledged on paper and was even marked by a commemorative roadside plaque.
  5. ↑ "Index to All Stations" (PDF). Illinois Central Railroad. September 28, 1947. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Surviving Indiana Railroad Stations" (PDF). American Rails. Retrieved August 22, 2022.


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