Valley City, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}

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Valley City is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Harrison County, Indiana.

History

Valley City was platted in 1859.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJpuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71 | title=Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana | publisher=Tribune Company, Printers | author=Roose, William H. | year=1911 | pages=71}} It was named for the valley in which it situated.{{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/332 332]|quote=...the village was named for its location in a valley.}} A post office was established at Valley City in 1863, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Harrison&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Harrison County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=17 September 2014}}

Geography

The community is situated near the head of Blue Spring Hollow, east of New Amsterdam and north of Mauckport.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Louisville metropolitan area