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'{{Infobox settlement <!--More parameter fields are available for use at Template:Infobox Settlement--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Elkinsville, Indiana |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Brown County.svg |map_caption = Brown County's location in Indiana |mapsize = 120px |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = USA Indiana Brown County |pushpin_label = Elkinsville |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brown County |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Indiana]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Brown County, Indiana|Brown]] |subdivision_type3 = [[List of townships in Indiana|Township]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana|Van Buren]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!-- Population ------------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|39|04|34|N|86|15|53|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref> |elevation_m = 177 |elevation_ft = 581 |founder = William Elkins |named_for = William Elkins 1796-1880 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 47448 |area_code = [[Area codes 812 and 930|812 & 930]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 18-20782<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:450887 450887] |website = |footnotes = }} '''Elkinsville''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana|Van Buren Township]], [[Brown County, Indiana|Brown County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]].<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|450887}} | title = Elkinsville, Indiana | work = [[Geographic Names Information System]] | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]] | accessdate = March 8, 2020}}</ref> It was once a thriving farming village, but was evacuated during the construction of nearby [[Lake Monroe (Indiana)|Lake Monroe Reservoir]] by eminent domain in 1964. All that remains of Elkinsville today are some private residences, the Elkinsville Cemetery, and post office. The area is part of [[Hoosier National Forest]]. ==History== Elkinsville was founded in the 1850s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC | title=Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC/page/n757 753]}}</ref> It was named for William Elkins, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{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/123 123]|quote=The village was named for William Elkins, first settler and founder.}}</ref> A post office was established at Elkinsville in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Brown |title=Brown County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=28 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095154/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Brown |archivedate=3 September 2014 }}</ref> The town was acquired via eminent domain for the building of Lake Monroe Reservoir in 1964, but later it was discovered that a mistake in elevation estimates meant that the town would not be flooded. ==Geography== Elkinsville is located at {{coord|39|04|34|N|86|15|53|W|type:city}}. ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [https://www.indiana.edu/~radiotv/store_ev.html Indiana University WTIU] Elkinsville: Washed Away by Progress (2003) * [http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Elkinsville,_Indiana Bloomingpedia's Elkinsville Page] {{Brown County, Indiana}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Indiana]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana]] {{BrownCountyIN-geo-stub}}'