Gwynneville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Gwynneville is located in Indiana
Gwynneville
Gwynneville
Gwynneville is located in the United States
Gwynneville
Gwynneville
Coordinates: 39°39′43″N 85°38′57″W / 39.66194°N 85.64917°W / 39.66194; -85.64917
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyShelby
TownshipHanover
Elevation
[1]
909 ft (277 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46144
FIPS code18-30294[2]
GNIS feature ID2830531[1]

Gwynneville is an unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Gwynneville was platted in 1881, and named after O'Brien Gynne, a local businessman and landowner.[3] A post office opened at Gwynneville in 1881.[4] Gwynneville had its own high school until the school was discontinued around 1918.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gwynneville, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 272.
  4. ↑ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Shelby County, Indiana History & Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-56311-078-8.


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