Clare, Indiana

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Clare is a small unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.

History

File:Sign welcoming visitors to Clare Indiana.jpg

The first settlement at Clare was made in about 1830.{{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/95 95]|quote=This village was settled around 1830...}} A post office was established at Clare in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Hamilton |title=Hamilton County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=17 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012162043/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Hamilton |archivedate=12 October 2014 }}

Geography

Clare is located on the eastern bank of the White River directly across from the town of Riverwood. Clare Avenue, the town's single street, runs immediately parallel to State Road 37. The town is generally considered to stretch from 211th Street to 216th Street, in the narrow strip of land between State Road 37 and the White River.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}{{clear left}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Indianapolis metropolitan area

Category:1830 establishments in Indiana