Commiskey, Indiana

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Commiskey, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place

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|pushpin_label = Commiskey

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Jennings

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Montgomery

|coordinates = {{coord|38|51|38|N|85|38|35|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 692

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47227

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 2830422{{GNIS|2830422}}

}}

Commiskey is an unincorporated community in central Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. It lies along local roads just west of State Road 3, south of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County.DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 52. {{ISBN|0-89933-319-2}}. Although Commiskey is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47227.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47227 Zip Code Lookup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615065829/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47227 |date=2011-06-15 }}

History

Commiskey was platted in 1870.{{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/101 101]|quote=This village was platted on February 10, 1870...}} A post office was opened in Commiskey in 1870, and remains in operation.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jennings |title=Jennings County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109065725/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jennings |archivedate=9 November 2014 }}

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Commiskey as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Jennings County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana