Central is an
unincorporated community
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in
Heth Township,
Harrison County,
Indiana
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History
The town of Central was plotted by William Smith in 1890.
It originally contained fifteen lots, two parallel streets covering of land.
The church in the center of town was deeded its land from Charles Kopp in 1882. The original church then deeded in turn to the Missionary Society of the Churches of Christ in 1907.
Longbottom-Hardsaw, a business operating in Central, was built in 1947 on the corner of Central Drive SW and Heth Washington Road SW.
A
Dollar General
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The company began in 1939 as a family- ...
store is located at the northwest corner of State Road 135 and Heth Washington Road SW.
The Central Post office was operated from 1879 until 1999 when the area was taken over by the
Mauckport and
Corydon Post Offices.
Central had its own school from 1900 to 1945 when it was absorbed into the South Harrison Consolidated School District.
Geography and Location
Central is located at . The town is located around the intersection of Heth Washington Road SW and Central Drive SW south of
Corydon, north of
Mauckport, and east of
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
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References
External links
Central Indiana History
Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Louisville metropolitan area
Populated places established in 1890
1890 establishments in Indiana
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