Eminence is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Adams Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]
Eminence, Indiana | |
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  Eminence  Eminence | |
| Coordinates: 39°31′17″N 86°38′33″W / 39.52139°N 86.64250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Morgan |
| Township | Adams |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.30 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Land | 0.30 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 784 ft (239 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 46125 |
| FIPS code | 18-21106[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2830472[2] |
History
editEminence was laid out in July 1855[4] by William Wigal. The name possibly is commendatory; but according to some accounts it is topographically descriptive.[5]
The post office at Eminence has been in operation since 1857.[6]
Geography
editEminence is in western Morgan County at the intersection of State Roads 42 and 142. SR 42 leads northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Monrovia and west 10 miles (16 km) to Cloverdale, while SR 142 leads east 10 miles to SR 39, 7 miles (11 km) north of Martinsville, the Morgan county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eminence CDP has an area of 0.30 square miles (0.78 km2), all land.[1] The community drains northwest to the valley of Mill Creek, which runs southwest to the Eel River, a tributary of the White River.
Demographics
editThe United States Census Bureau first delineated Eminence as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[7]
Education
editEminence is home to the Eels of Eminence Junior-Senior High School.
Eminence has a public library, a branch of the Morgan County Public Library.[8]
Notable people
editGlenn M. Curtis, four-time Indiana state champion basketball coach (Lebanon & Martinsville) and coach at Indiana State and the high school coach of John Wooden.
References
edit- ^ a b "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eminence, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 145.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 125. ISBN 0253209552.
- ^ "Morgan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Contact". Morgan County Public Library. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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