Cherryvale, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Vigo, Clay

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|area_code = 812, 930

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Cherryvale is an unincorporated community in Vigo and Clay counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.

History

Cherryvale was not formally laid out or platted.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n110 93]|quote=...this village, located on the Clay-Vigo county line, was never laid out.}} A post office was established at Cherryvale in 1899, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clay | title=Clay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=August 7, 2017}}

Geography

Cherryvale is located in western Clay County adjacent to the Vigo-Clay county line approximately one mile north of I-70.Staunton, IN, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1958 (1990 rev.)

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Vigo County, Indiana

Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area