Eagle Village is an

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in Eagle Township, Boone County, in the

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History

William Miller, an early settler of the area, hired

George L. Kinnard George L. Kinnard (1803 – November 26, 1836) was a Representative from Indiana; born in Pennsylvania in 1803; moved with his widowed mother to Tennessee and completed preparatory studies; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1823; studied law; was ...

, the Marion County surveyor, to lay out a town that would be named Eagle Village. It was named from Eagle Township. The original town plat consisted of 18 blocks of 108 lots, including a post office that was established on December 15, 1832, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1858. The town's first postmaster was William Miller. In 1836 William Miller sold his farm and the remaining unsold lots in Eagle Village to Daniel Larimore, who added seven lots extending southward on the west side of the

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Geography

Eagle Village is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{BooneCountyIN-geo-stub