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Precisely when the settlement became known as Jeffersonville is unclear, but it was probably around 1801, the year in which President Thomas Jefferson took office. [7] In 1802 local residents used a grid pattern designed by Thomas Jefferson for the formation of a city. [8] On September 13, 1803, a post office was established in the city.
Bambang Brodjonegoro, Prof., S.E., M.U.P., Ph.D. – 13th Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia (2016-now) & 29th finance minister of Indonesia (27 October 2014 – 27 July 2016) Rajai Muasher , M.Sc., Ph.D. – Jordan's deputy prime minister and minister of state for prime ministry affairs
Jefferson County was one of Indiana's first counties, and many important early Hoosiers came from Madison, including William Hendricks. Throughout the early history of the state, Madison was one of the leading cities competing with Vincennes, and later New Albany, to be the largest city in the state.
Until the mid-1950s, the district was a significant commercial area, including a J.C.Penney department store. However, with the construction of Youngstown Shopping Center 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the downtown area on 10th Street/ Indiana State Road 62 , the district began its decline.
In 1819, Presbyterian minister Thomas C. Searle (January 15, 1787 – October 15, 1821) moved to nearby Madison. He was a circuit preacher, serving the needs of the minority of Presbyterians in a wide area in southern Indiana, but he quickly realized that a community of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians was concentrated in Dunn's Settlement. [9]
Although it was successful for more than a decade, it went into decline, was sold at foreclosure on March 27, 1862, and renamed the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad (I&M). The successor company abandoned the M&I's 10.09 miles (16.24 km) of trackage between Columbus and Edinburgh in 1864 and began running over the Jeffersonville Railroad's ...
Jeffboat Jeffboat Marine Repair Jeffboat Marine Repair - Kort nozzle repair. Jeffboat was a shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana founded by James Howard in 1834, a builder of steamboats.
Dupont is a town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 339 at the 2010 census. ... U.S. Decennial Census [8] 2010 census