Eugene is an
unincorporated community in
Eugene Township,
Vermillion County, in the
U.S. state of
Indiana.
History
The town was laid out in 1827. Legend says that a local drunk, while searching for his wife, would frequently call out "Oh, Jane", but his inebriation caused it to sound more like "Eu, Jene", and this was taken as the name for the town. The actual source of the name is not known. A post office was established at Eugene in 1826, and remained in operation until 1954.
The town is the subject of several poems in ''Lantern Gleams from Old Eugene'', a collection of poetry by Eugene native Alice Craig Fuller.
Geography
Eugene is located at (39.965310, -87.472680), just north of the larger town of
Cayuga Cayuga often refers to:
* Cayuga people, a native tribe to North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy
* Cayuga language, the language of the Cayuga
Cayuga may also refer to:
Places Canada
* Cayuga, Ontario
United States
* Cayuga, Illinois ...
. The
Vermilion River flows around the north and east sides of town before meeting the
Wabash River less than two miles east.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Vermillion County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Terre Haute metropolitan area