Navilleton, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Floyd

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|subdivision_name3 = Greenville

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|blank_info = 18-52092{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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Navilleton is an unincorporated community in Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.

History

The first settlement at Navilleton was made in 1844 by a colony of German Catholics, among them Michael Naville, for whom the town was named.{{cite book|last=Blanchard|first=Charles|title=History of the Catholic Church in Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pho9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA387|year=1898|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company|page=387}}{{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/233 233]|quote=This village was founded around 1845.}}

A post office opened in Navilleton in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Floyd | title=Floyd County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 September 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Floyd County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Louisville metropolitan area

Category:Populated places established in 1844

Category:1844 establishments in Indiana