Sandytown, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Sandytown, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Vermillion

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Clinton

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-07-15|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 183

|elevation_ft = 600

|coordinates = {{coord|39|40|55|N|87|26|46|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47842

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:443014 443014]

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Sandytown is an unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|443014}} | title = Sandytown, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = August 1, 2017}}

History

Sandytown began as a mining community.{{cite book|author=Vermillion County Historical Society (Vermillion County, Ind.)|title=Vermillion County, Indiana History and Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2nMur_fmZ0C&pg=PA84|year=1990|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-938021-34-6|page=84}} The community received its name on account of the sandy character of its soil.{{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/294 294]|quote=This village was named for extremely sandy soil...}}

Geography

Sandytown is located at {{coord|39|40|55|N|87|26|46|W|type:city}}.

References

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{{Vermillion County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Vermillion County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

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