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Geneva had its start in 1871 when the rival towns of Alexander and Buffalo merged. [4] It was named after Geneva, in Switzerland. [5] The first post office in Geneva was established in 1872. [6] The Town of Geneva benefited greatly from the Indiana Gas Boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Oil was found near Geneva and production ...
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.
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 – December 6, 1924), born Geneva Grace Stratton, was an American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist from Wabash County, Indiana. In 1917 Stratton-Porter urged legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in Indiana .
The central character of Stratton-Porter's previous novel, Freckles, is a man whose job it is to patrol and guard valuable timber trees in the Limberlost Swamp. Freckles appears in Girl of the Limberlost as a friend of Elnora. In the film Freckles is an owl. This partial list of characters is taken from the novel, p. xiv.
Map of the United States with Indiana highlighted. Indiana is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of the 2021 census estimate, the state had 6,805,985 residents. There are 569 municipalities. Under Indiana law, a municipality must have a minimum of 2,000 people to incorporate as a city.
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.