Watson, Indiana

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

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Watson is an unincorporated community in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Watson in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1928.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clark&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Clark County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2014}} Watson was laid out as a town in 1876.{{cite book|title=History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson County, Ky. General histories of Clark and Floyd counties, Ind. New Albany and Floyd County. Clark County and Jeffersonville|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofohiofal01will|year=1882|publisher=L. A. Williams & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofohiofal01will/page/408 408]}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Louisville metropolitan area