unincorporated community
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Vanderburgh County
Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 179,703. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the seventh-largest county in 2010 population with 179,703 people, it is also the ...
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Indiana
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History
A post office was established at Kasson in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.
Geography
Prior to the invention of the automobile and the paving of roads in Indiana, travel often occurred on higher ground atop ridges. Kasson is located at the intersection of two very old ridge roads which were later developed into Indiana Highways 65 and 66, and Red Bank Road.
Indiana Highway 65 begins in Kasson and extends northward. Red Bank Road begins in Kasson and extends southward. Both are part of the ancient Red Banks Trace, a wilderness road that ran from Henderson, Kentucky to
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. Founded in 1732 by French fur ...
. The Red Banks Trace was a part of the larger Natchez Trace, and generally follows the ridge that divides the Wabash and Ohio River Valleys. This ancient trail was in existence and used by both animals and indigenous Americans prior to European settlement of the Wabash and Ohio River Valleys. Historical Marker for Red Banks Trace
Indiana Highway 65 runs east and west through Kasson. It was originally a pioneer and stagecoach route between Evansville and
New Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony is a historic town on the Wabash River in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana. It lies north of Mount Vernon, the county seat, and is part of the Evansville metropolitan area. The town's population was 789 at the 2010 census. ...
. The part of Indiana Highway 65 that runs through Kasson runs atop a ridge.
Because of Kasson's unique geography, rain that falls in some parts of Kasson drains to the Ohio River. Rain that falls in other parts of Kasson drains to the Wabash river.