Curryville
Unincorporated community
Sullivan County's location in Indiana
Sullivan County's location in Indiana
Curryville is located in USA Indiana Sullivan County
Curryville
Curryville
Coordinates: 39°11′13″N 87°23′33″W / 39.18694°N 87.39250°W / 39.18694; -87.39250
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountySullivan
TownshipCurry
Elevation
[1]
531 ft (162 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47879
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID433256

Curryville is an unincorporated community in Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established at Curryville in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1861.[3]

Sullivan County's first underground coal mine was opened in Curryville, on farmland belonging to Indiana Supreme Court justice, James Hanna.[4]

Geography

Curryville is located at 39°11′13″N 87°23′33″W / 39.18694°N 87.39250°W / 39.18694; -87.39250.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Curryville, Sullivan County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sullivan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page.


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