Tobinsport, Indiana
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Tobinsport is a small unincorporated community located along the Ohio River in Tobin Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Directly across the river is Cloverport, Kentucky.{{cite map|author=DeLorme|year=2010|map=|title=Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer|scale=1:150000|location=Yarmouth, ME|publisher=DeLorme|page=46|section=A5|isbn=0-89933-340-0}} It is at the southernmost point of Perry County.{{cite web | url=https://igs.indiana.edu/compendium/comp6sv8.cfm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810004500/http://igs.indiana.edu/compendium/comp6sv8.cfm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 August 2011 | title=Tobinsport Formation | publisher=Indiana Geological Survey | accessdate=2 October 2015}}
History
A post office was established at Tobinsport in 1865, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1891.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Perry&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Perry County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=2 October 2015}} Robert Tobin served as postmaster.{{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/n342 325]|quote=...Robert Tobin was the fourth postmaster.}}
Education
Tobin Township is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18123_perry/DC20SD_C18123.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-06-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18123_perry/DC20SD_C18123_SD2MS.txt Text list]
Prior to 1962, Tobinsport had its own high school. The school colors were blue and white, and the mascot was the Pirates. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School.{{cite web|last= Blackford|first=Nathan|url=https://www.evansvilleliving.com/schools-out-forever/|title=School’s Out Forever|magazine=Evansville Living|place=Evansville, Indiana|date=2014-07-15|access-date=2024-06-12}}
See also
References
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{{Perry County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Indiana populated places on the Ohio River
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