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Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River and is a part of the Louisville Metropolitan area. The population was 22,333 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The town was founded in 1783 by early resident George Rogers Clark [ 5 ] at the only seasonal rapids on the entire Ohio River, it is the oldest American town ...
Clarksville was originally called Nicholsonville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1849 by Abraham Nicholson. [4] Clarksville was incorporated as a town in 1867, however its incorporation was later dissolved. [5] A post office was established as Nicholsonville in 1850, was renamed Clarksville that same year, and closed in 1902. [6]
Clark County lies on the north bank of the Ohio River.A significant gateway to the state of Indiana, Clark County's settlement began in 1783.The state of Virginia rewarded General George Rogers Clark and his regiment for their victorious capture of Forts Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes from the British, by granting them 150,000 acres (610 km 2) of land.
Jeffersonville Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 59,062 and it contained 27,023 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 59,062 and it contained 27,023 housing units.
Little Pigeon Baptist Church. The Little Pigeon Primitive Baptist Church, a Regular Baptist congregation, was established June 8, 1816 with 15 charter members. [10] Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father, helped build the cabin for the church in 1819, located south of present-day Lincoln City, Indiana [11] [1], in the center of the community near a spring.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States presidential memorial and a National Historic Landmark District in Lincoln City, Indiana. It preserves the farm site where Abraham Lincoln lived with his family from 1816 to 1830. During that time, he grew from a 7-year-old boy to a 21-year-old man.
Lincoln had its start in the year 1852 by the building of the railroad through that territory. [3] It was named for its founder, Theodore Lincoln. [4] A post office was established at Lincoln in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.
Lincoln Township covers an area of 23.91 square miles (61.9 km 2); of this, 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2) or 0.39 percent is water. The streams of Bullard Creek, Hughes Branch and West Fork White Lick Creek run through this township.