Wilson Corner, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Shelby

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|subdivision_name3 = Shelby, Washington

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|coordinates = {{coord|39|26|18|N|85|45|19|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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|postal_code = 46176

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Wilson Corner is an unincorporated community in Shelby and Washington townships, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|446133}} | title = Wilson Corner, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 30, 2017}}

History

An old variant name of the community was called Wilson.{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,P4_OBJECTID,P4_FNAME:446133,27429537,Wilson|title=USGS detail on Wilson Corner - Variant Citation|accessdate=2016-11-08}} A post office was established under this name in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Shelby&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Shelby County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=4 December 2015}} The community has the name of a family which kept a store there.{{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/350 350]|quote=...a country store owned by the Wilson family, for whom it was named.}}

Geography

Wilson Corner is located at {{coord|39|26|18|N|85|45|19|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana