Piattsville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Adams Township,
Parke County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
.
History
A post office was established at Piattsville in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1862. According to
Ronald L. Baker, the community bears the name of a settler or family of settlers.
Geography
Piattsville is located at .
References
Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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