South Washington, Indiana

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South Washington is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.

History

South Washington was laid out in 1874 as a mining town.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00inchic | title=History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Goodspeed | year=1886 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00inchic/page/707 707]}} It is south of Washington, hence the name.{{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/307 307]|quote=...south of Washington, for which it was named.}}

It was also known as "Lick Skillet" by its French population who were miners.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Daviess County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:1874 establishments in Indiana

Category:Populated places established in 1874