Huntersville is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, in the United States.[1]

History

Huntersville was laid out in 1841.[2] Hunter was likely the name of one of its founders.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huntersville, Indiana
  2. ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana: Her People, Industries, and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Windmill Publications. p. 166.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...supposedly named for a man named Hunter who was instrumental in founding the village.

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