Willow Branch, Indiana

Willow Branch is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

Willow Branch, Indiana
Willow Branch is located in Indiana
Willow Branch
Willow Branch
Willow Branch is located in the United States
Willow Branch
Willow Branch
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 85°41′04″W / 39.87611°N 85.68444°W / 39.87611; -85.68444
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipBrown
Elevation938 ft (286 m)
ZIP code
46186
FIPS code18-84482[2]
GNIS feature ID2830403[1]

History

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The first store in Willow Branch was established in 1874. The community took its name from the stream upon which it is located, the Willow Branch creek.[3]

Willow Branch was platted as a town in 1882.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow Branch, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Binford, John H. (1882). History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882. King & Binford. pp. 100.
  4. ^ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 542.