Prosperity is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana.
Prosperity, Indiana | |
|---|---|
  Prosperity  Prosperity | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′45″N 85°40′19″W / 40.17917°N 85.67194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Madison |
| Township | Lafayette |
| Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
| ZIP code | 46012 |
| FIPS code | 18-62163[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 441612[1] |
History
editProsperity was founded around the time the canal was extended to that point.[3] A post office was established at Prosperity in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1875.
The town of Prosperity appeared on the hit TV show 'Supernatural' season 7, episode 5.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prosperity, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Forkner, John La Rue (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 88.
- ^ "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
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