Edna Mills, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

40°25′03″N 86°40′04″W / 40.41750°N 86.66778°W / 40.41750; -86.66778CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyClintonTownship RossNamed forEdna KellenbargerElevation

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653 ft (199 m)ZIP code

46065

FIPS code18-20440^[2]GNIS feature ID434027^[1]

Edna Mills is an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

History

A 1913 history of Clinton County describes Edna Mills as "a pleasant village" and offers the following origin of the town's name:^[3]

The name has been in use for over half a century, and the oldest inhabitants of the vicinity say that when it was first made a postoffice, a Mr. Kellenbarger, who owned a mill at that point, gave it the name of Edna in honor of his wife. The location also used to be called facetiously "Blackberry". The occasion for this was that a blacksmith named Michaels had a shop there and his favorite tipple was blackberry brandy, making "Blackberry" the notable feature of the locality.

A post office was established at Edna Mills in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edna Mills, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 33.
^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.