Scircleville, Indiana

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| settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Clinton

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Johnson Township

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| named_for = George Adam Scircle

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| elevation_ft = 929

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| blank_info = 18-68364{{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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Scircleville is an unincorporated community in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana. Scircleville was named in honor of George Scircle.{{cite book|last=Hook|first=J. N.|title=All Those Wonderful Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rIq4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272|date=10 June 2014|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4976-1186-3|page=272}}

History

Scircleville was platted in 1873 by George Adam Scircle and became a small local trade center. Josiah Drake opened its first general store and John Scircle opened the first drug store. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Scircleville was home to a number of lodges and fraternal organizations including the GAR, Odd Fellows, Red Men and Masons.{{cite book

|last=Claybaugh

|first=Joseph

|title=History of Clinton County, Indiana

|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton02clay

|year=1913

|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company

|location=Indianapolis

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton02clay/page/32 32]

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The Scircleville post office was established in 1875.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clinton&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Clinton County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2014}}

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