Tobinsport, Indiana
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Tobinsport is a small
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 ...
located along the
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in Tobin Township,
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, in the
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. Directly across the river is
Cloverport, Kentucky Cloverport is a home rule-class city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States, on the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 1,152 at the 2010 census. History The town was once known as Joesville after its founder, Joe Huston. E ...
. It is at the southernmost point of Perry County.


History

A post office was established at Tobinsport in 1865, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1891.
Robert Tobin Robert "Rob" John Tobin (born 20 December 1983 in Lincoln, England) is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds. Personal life Tobin was born Robert John Tobin the youngest of two children born to Jacquel ...
served as postmaster.


Education

Tobin Township is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation. Prior to 1962, Tobinsport had its own high school. The school colors were blue and white, and the mascot was the Pirates. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School.


See also

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List of cities and towns along the Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...


References

Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Indiana populated places on the Ohio River {{PerryCountyIN-geo-stub