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Geneva is a town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana. The population was 1,293 at the time of the 2010 census . Geneva is the location of the Limberlost Cabin , the home of writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter from 1895-1913.
Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA. It encompasses 22 contributing buildings in the central business district of Geneva. were built between about 1882 and 1930, and include notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style commercial architecture ...
Geneva, Shelby County, Indiana facing south on Vandalia Road. Geneva was platted in 1853. [3] The community took its name after Geneva, in Switzerland. [4] An old variant name of the community was called Sulphur Hill. [5] A post office was established under the name Sulphur Hill in 1836, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in ...
Gene Stratton-Porter, her husband, Charles Dorwin Porter, and their daughter Jeannette, moved from Decatur to Geneva, Indiana, after Jeanette's birth in 1887. [2] [3] Construction began on their new, two-story home at 200 East Sixth Avenue in Geneva in 1894.
Geneva Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,495 (down from 7,584 at 2010 [ 1 ] ) and it contained 3,365 housing units.
In 1912, after the Limberlost Swamp was drained and developed for commercial purposes, Gene Stratton-Porter, a noted Indiana author, naturalist, and nature photographer, made the decision to move from her Limberlost Cabin in Geneva, Indiana, to a new location for inspiration for her writing projects.
The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 2,292 km 2 (885 sq mi) (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France) [10] and had 1,053,436 inhabitants in Jan. 2021 (Swiss estimates and French census), 57.8% of them on Swiss territory and 42.2% on French territory. [11] The Geneva metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in Europe.
Scipio is located in northwestern Jennings County at the center of Geneva Township. Indiana State Road 7 passes through the center of the community, leading southeast 7 miles (11 km) to North Vernon and northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Columbus.