Manville, Indiana

Manville, Indiana
Manville
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Manville is located in Indiana
Manville
Coordinates: 38°47′16″N 85°17′08″W / 38.78778°N 85.28556°W / 38.78778; -85.28556Coordinates: 38°47′16″N 85°17′08″W / 38.78778°N 85.28556°W / 38.78778; -85.28556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Jefferson
Township Milton
Elevation 489 ft (149 m)
ZIP code 47250
FIPS code 18-46512[1]
GNIS feature ID 438539[2]

Manville is an unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.

Geography

Manville is located at 38°47′16″N 85°17′08″W / 38.78778°N 85.28556°W / 38.78778; -85.28556. It is located on the West Fork of the Indian-Kentuck Creek, just upstream from where it joins the East Prong of the Indian-Kentuck. Msnville takes its name from the Manville family, most likely from Nicholas Manville, who was the first postmaster under that name starting in 1858. However, a post office existed previously under the name Buena Vista, after after site of a Mexican War battle, opening in 1847.

As an incorporated area, Manville has no boundaries. It no longer has either a post office, or a store or any other established commerce. Its only institution is the Manville Christian Church, which was founded in 1830. That church grew out of a schism in the former Milton Baptist Church, which was located about two miles north on the East Prong.

The first attempts to establish a town was the platting of the town of Vienna in 1813 by Gershom Lee, just downstream from the meeting of the West Fork and East Prong. However, no lots were sold and Lee sold the tract intact in 1817. During this time there was reportedly a Shawnee camp in the area and two Indians, were reported to stay at Lee's house. An Indian woman, Half Moon, reportedly married an early settler John Miller. According to a descendant, George Miller, who wrote extensively in the Madison Courier during the late 1900s, Miller was buried in the wall of the Manville Cemetery. Because he had married an Indian, he reportedly was not buried in the cemetery itself.

The first known commercial reference was made in 1817 when Nicholas Manville petition to build a mill and a jury was named to view the impact of a mill dam. While Manville withdrew the request, Manville's mill was soon in operation. Manville either operated it in partnership with a son-in-law Isaac Howard or let Howard operate it.

References

  1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Manville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:438539. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 

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