Jacobsville is a neighborhood located within the north-central area of

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...

. It is generally bounded by the Lloyd Expressway in the south, First Ave. to the west, Diamond Ave. to the north, and on the east by N. Garvin Street. In the northern portion of the district is Garvin Park and

Bosse Field Bosse Field is a baseball stadium located in Evansville, Indiana. Opened in 1915, it was the first municipally owned sports stadium in the United States and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use for professional baseball, surpassed o ...

, the third-oldest continuous running ballpark used for professional baseball in the country. In 1991 the historic stadium was used by

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for game scenes in the movie ''

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Lead contamination

Some parts of the area have long been plagued by

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contamination from the defunct Evansville Plate Works. There are numerous projects currently underway by the

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to clean up the neighborhood.

References

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