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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) is an automobile manufacturing plant located in Gibson County, Indiana, United States, nearly halfway between Princeton and Fort Branch, and mostly in Union Township. It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan.
Eastern Market c1880. In 1847, the Melbourne City Council opened half a block bounded by Bourke Street, Exhibition Street, and Little Collins Street as a general market, building a series of open sheds in 1859. [74] In 1877, the city council decided to rebuild the market on a grand scale.
Whelan the Wrecker is a family owned and operated demolition company that has operated from 1892, based in Brunswick in the city of Melbourne. The company became well known through the 1950s and 1970s when signs stating that "Whelan the Wrecker is Here" appeared on many of the grand Victorian era buildings of Melbourne.
In February 2008, the new GOP-led council gave the authority over the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department to the mayor, leaving Sheriff Frank J. Anderson with authority over the county jail, protection of City-County buildings and the traditional roles of tax collection and paper serving, but left him as the only sheriff in Indiana ...
These officers are elected to four-year terms. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare party affiliations and to be residents of the county. [25] Gibson County is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district; Indiana Senate districts 48 and 49; [26] and Indiana House of Representatives districts 64, 75 and 76. [27]
The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km 2) and the smallest is Ohio (86 sq. mi., 223 km 2). [3] According to the Constitution of Indiana, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles (1,000 km 2), nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size, which precludes any new counties. [4]
Pittsboro is located in northeastern Hendricks County. U.S. Route 136 is the town's Main Street, leading southeast 18 miles (29 km) to downtown Indianapolis and northwest 10 miles (16 km) to Jamestown.
Construction of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Lafayette Railroad began in 1849, and Fairland was platted in 1852. [4] Isaac Odell and Henry Jenkins hired the J. M. Elliott Company of Shelby County to draw the plans, and this was recorded on October 21, 1852. The town was named for the "beautiful land" near the original town site. [5]