Rileysburg is a small
unincorporated community in
Highland Township,
Vermillion County, in the
U.S. state of
Indiana.
The town is served by the post office in
Covington Covington may refer to:
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* Covington (surname)
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* Covington, Cambridgeshire
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* Covington, Indiana
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in nearby
Fountain County. The county seat is located in
Newport
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*Newport, Rhode Island, US
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History
A post office was established at Rileysburg in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934. The town
plat was officially filed in 1904.
Geography
Rileysburg is located in the far northwest part of the county, south of
Interstate 74 and about east of the Indiana-
Illinois state line. A
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
railway runs northwest through town into nearby
Danville, Illinois. Coal Branch Creek, which flows south through the county to the
Vermilion River, has its head near Rileysburg.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Vermillion County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Terre Haute metropolitan area